Foxy, I'm sorry I don't care if the 'system' wants to worship this guy.
Any and all his alleged achievements are as reported by the war machine.
This is a closed door, so we do not have the true measure of the man only his latest faux pas.
Which is not the work of a man with an 'impressive career' history. Jayb, I agree, 'there is not a person on this earth who has not made a mistake'.
That is the kind of leverage one gives the common man making day-to-day mundane decisions.
Not a general who controls, not only thousands of soldiers but through ineptitude and an inability to 'read' certain situations, puts his men in harms way and possibly, a worst case scenario of them being over-run, leaving the country and millions of it's people open to attack and death.
A bit too dramatic I hear you say.
Fine, it has happened, it is on the record, you guys love the word research and seem to have a penchant for looking things up.
Give it a go and see how many 'famous' moronic generals have proven me right.

Keep an eye out for Zena the Warrior Princesses.

Comming to an Infantry Unit soon!!

//not enough Amazons.//

Don't believe the hype; other online retailers are available and do quite a decent job.

A little bit of competition might even be healthy.

I pity the Chief of Army - anyone that's been in the forces understands the way things are. But he has to play the political soul destroying game with one dimensional idiots. (amusing when it's not us) Reminds me of Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugs. Altran I think Foxy was trying to "offer an olive branch" and while I agree that putting the troops in danger over PC pathology is unacceptable - Foxy may not have a strong background in the subject matter. Maybe I'm incorrect...

SteeleReedux,
re your challenge to jayb, here's such a link & it's up to you now to comprehend & acknowlege.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality

CM, do not fear.
I am mindful and accepting of foxy's olive branch.
My response was in no way related to her personally but to her comments.
I find gratuitous, praise abhorrent and in the same camp as PC.
During my life I have learned to be harsh on the negatives and completely ignore the positives.
When a person does something good, I do not praise them because I believe that being a good person should be the norm.
You must praise a young child as it is still learning about life and therefore learn the difference between good and bad.
On the other hand the opposite traits should be attacked with such determination as to leave a mark in it's wake.
By doing so I would hope that people learn the difference between good and bad and right and wrong.
All too often personal feelings creep into comments on forums.
I remind commentors that personal feelings play NO productive role in any discussion or debate.
Emotions only distort or deflect or even hijack the direction and certainly the content of the topic in question.
The result, if there is one, will be irrelevant or moot as it is tainted with emotion and not cold hard facts.
So CM do not worry all is well and I have no ill-will towards other commentors on these forums.