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Will it be called...,'ECOMCON'?
On Feb 5, 6:42*am, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... thunder wrote: On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:48:11 -0500, Eisboch wrote: Shades of Lyndon Johnson. *He didn't want to listen to his military commanders either. *If* this article it to be believed, those military commanders should be fired, at the very least. http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45640 The trouble with midlevel to senior military personnel is that they comprise a special interest group, and that interest is in keeping themselves and their buddies in uniform, and the apparatus well-oiled. I hear them on TV from time to time talking about how much they hate war, but I don't believe them. War swells the ranks, empties billets, and creates all sorts of promotional opportunities. I believe you believe that. *What else could you possibly believe? Fortunately, you are in the extreme minority. I agree that they try to keep the "apparatus well-oiled". *That's their job. Eisboch Keep the apparatus well-oiled also means keeping themselves in uniform.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Kind of like union hacks, huh? |
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