Archived Patriots Do You Think Admiral is worried the phony bin Laden raid will unfold?....I Do..... (msn.com)
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Archived Patriots Do You Think Admiral is worried the phony bin Laden raid will unfold?....I Do..... (msn.com)
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[–] CAPT_ALOHA ago (edited ago)
Spartan: After serving 20 years in the USN that's exactly how I've always seen it ... if you make O-5 you have to become of member of "the club" from that point on. They are indeed "politicians in uniform". Not always, but in general you won't make O-6 (or higher) unless you're a member of "the club". And that club likes to promote from within -- kind of makes it self-sustaining.
IMO that elite "club" consists 80%+ of ass-kissers and yes-men. And that's how I see McRaven and several others I can name. Many (most?) of the hard-core "warrior class" were cashiered for one reason or another under Obama and to be honest, to a lesser degree under "W" and Slick-Willy with the initial purge beginning after Tailhook '91.