I guess we're all free to pick & choose from the article:
"certainly the military is suspicious of people who are intense and
passionate."

Sounds like quite a few other professional groups, like large police
departments, where people are expected to stay within a narrow job
definition, so the next level of rank doesn't fear for their pensions. If
Clark is a muckraker, he's got my vote.

"NOYB" wrote in message
om...
"The guy is brilliant," said the general, who agreed to speak candidly
about
Clark only if his name were not used. "He's very articulate, he's
extremely
charming, he has the best strategic sense of anybody I have ever met. But
the simple fact is, a lot of people just don't trust his ability as a
commander.

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Hmmmm. You want a Commander in Chief who "a lot of people don't trust...as
a
commander"?