Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Milley & McKenzie throw Joe under the bus Date:   9/29/2021 11:24:39 AM

Those generals have been put in one hell of a position, with an awful lot of negative press that was opinion based on no knowledge of what really happened.  I don't blame them one bit for setting the record straight.  Do I have blinders regarding the military, no.  Do I know a little more about the military than most on this forum, probably. 

I thought about what Gen Milley said about the suggestion he resign if he didn't  agree with Biden' decision.  One of the reasons our Government has been stable throughout our history is that we fully subscribe to civilian control of the military, and the military ethos is "give your best advice to your leader and then carry ut your leader's decision, whether you like it or not".  The military doesn't subscribe to the idea that if you don't like your leader's decision you just quit.  As Milley said, that would end up being a political decision.  

Now with regard to the SecDef, even though Austin is a retired General, that is a civilian position and he might be one to resign if he really has a problem with directives and decisions from the White House.  Who knows what went through his head.  Maybe his military training kicked in when it shouldn't have.  Then again, maybe he felt he belonged in the position to try to make the best out of some really crappy decisions coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  It is obvious that the real problem is in DC, not across the Potomac in Northern Virginia.