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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Wait, I did not mean nine at once, I meant over time, recently he has fired 5 or 6 from what can tell in a short time span.Fired the Admiral and General Ham who refused to stand down during the Benghazi attack, two Marine Generals in Afghanistan for "failing to protect" the forces, which sounds like DC garbage to me. Then the Admiral over the "poker chips" thing .McCrystal and Petraeus were gone for nothing more than politics.
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As already pointed out McChrystals case was a simple case of his breaking regulations.
Saying Patreus was sacked is not correct. Whether the investigation was political is moot. It may not have thrown up anything. What's still missing is the evidence of a Stalinist style purge. All you can say for sure is that during BOs presidency there have been 9 flag rank officers that have either screwed up or been moved on due to some cause. How does that compare to other presidencies?
Re Patton his comments that the USA UK and Germany should clobber Russia probably didn't help either.