Are top military advisers "useful idiots", or simply being used?

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:40:38 -0400

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/28/obama-top-military-advisers-useful-idiots-or-good-military-officers/

Obama's top military advisers: 'Useful idiots' or good military officers? | Fox News

Sen. John McCain’s labeling of the Pentagon’s press secretary, Rear Adm. John Kirby, as an “idiot” ought to spark a long overdue debate on the role of military officers serving in high-profile Obama administration posts.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2014 10:37 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:37:03 -0400

SGM Private RallyPoint Member, I submit they are good military officers stuck in a very difficult place. The article points out what many senior military officers have to deal with: the balancing act of leading the military and staying in the good graces of their ultimate boss, the Commander-in-Chief. I assume that is especially difficult to do when the Commander-in-Chief and the senior military leaders don't agree on major policy/strategy issues that involve the military. I do not envy the military leaders one little bit.