What’s Eating Bill McRaven: Is Congress Too Ignorant Of The Military?

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 What’s Eating Bill McRaven: Is Congress Too Ignorant Of The Military?
By James Kitfield on July 07, 2016 at 8:01 AM


The US military is still at war but Washington is not. The resulting tensions are eroding the fundamental compact between America’s warrior and political classes.

The recent op-ed by retired Adm. William McRaven, former head of Special Operations Command and the man who led the strike against Osama Bin Laden, might have caused a national furor in more normal times.

McRaven had aimed a withering broadside of criticism at Capitol Hill. He accused lawmakers of cynically scuttling the career of a trusted former subordinate; routinely abusing and disrespecting senior military leaders to advance their political agendas; and undermining command authority and good order and discipline in military ranks through undue pressure and political correctness.

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