How Poltics Works

It is not generally understood that general officers are nominated by the president, but must be confirmed by the senate. Every Bush war was proceeded by a change in generals (usually because the general in command objected to the action, wisely) and now Obama is changing generals in his wars, like the one in Afghanistan that has become his own.

AS I mentioned earlier, the locus of violence in USA is the political parties. Pat Tillman's mom can object the the new commanding general in Afghanistan as questionable, but the fact that he is a torturer is the result of the wishes of our politicians. When off-duty drunk cop beats up a waitress half his size (he feared for his safety) it is the politicians who ordain it.

We'd have good leadership for cops and soldiers if we had good politicians.

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