The Marine Who Called for Afghanistan Accountability Has Been Thrown in Prison.....

[Peter1469]

I doubt you’ve been in the military. Colin Powell did not follow the normal progression of command positions. He never had a battalion or division command. I’m not sure if he even ever was a company commander. The only troop level command he held was a brigade commander. I don’t know of any other four star general with so few command positions. He was the V Corps commander, but that’s more in line with managing subordinate general officers.

His value was one of high level advice / planning and an unusual ability to communicate those plans.

Plus the chairman of the joint chiefs is simply being the voice of the various chiefs to the senior civilian leadership. The chairman is not in the military chain of command. The various chiefs are.

Strategic and negotiating skills.

[Tahuyaman]

Strategic and negotiating skills.

Among others. He was a gifted communicator. He instilled calmness and confidence in others.

[Ethereal]

I’m not refuting you comment, but which general officer are referring to and what was the lie?

It's hard to know for sure, since so much of what the military does is shrouded in secrecy. But according to Trump's special envoy to Syria, Trump was being mislead about troop levels in Syria via "shell games". Generally speaking, the generals and the intelligence officials were totally against Trump's desire to leave Syria. They were clearly manipulating the situation to keep Trump from fulfilling his campaign promises about leaving the Middle East.

[Peter1469]

It's hard to know for sure, since so much of what the military does is shrouded in secrecy. But according to Trump's special envoy to Syria, Trump was being mislead about troop levels in Syria via "shell games". Generally speaking, the generals and the intelligence officials were totally against Trump's desire to leave Syria. They were clearly manipulating the situation to keep Trump from fulfilling his campaign promises about leaving the Middle East.

They did the same thing in Afghanistan.

[Tahuyaman]

General officers have been increasingly getting more politically partisan over time.

The old traditional apolitical general officer is a thing of the past.