Calls for brass to resign add to debate over Mideast policy

I think that the Marine Colonel Ret. who is calling for this is out of line. As has been called out numerous times, our Military is responsible to civilian authority. Top service members quitting and taking their ball home, does a disservice to those who remain who would then lose the valuable experience and protection.

State your peace and carry on. I like this quote taken from the article, though I do not like that this Marine LtGen. chose to leave rather than take care of the troops through the war, this quote is still powerful.

"“In time of war, we know that our misjudgments — whether through rash actions or timidity — are paid in blood by the most selfless and patriotic of our nation’s youth,” he wrote in an email. “While military leaders almost always should follow the prescription of ‘counsel in private, praise in public,’ there are occasionally and rarely instances, where intelligence used to justify conflict is manipulated or judgments on the use of force are so flawed that an experienced military leader must (as we say) speak truth to power.”

I saw a lot of Admirals disagree with what they were ordered to do in my AD time, but I never, ever heard any that even considered "dropping stars" to make their point. Rather than make that dramatic statement most opt to outlast the standing President and keep their service intact.