Fixing What is Wrong With Our Generals
The only miracle of the whole Afghan fiasco is that General Kenneth McKenzie still has a job.
When he committed all his remaining aircraft carriers to the Battle of Midway during World War II, Admiral Chester Nimitz did so with the expectation to be relieved of command if the battle had been lost.
Likewise, General Dwight Eisenhower took full responsibility for the Normandy invasion on D-Day. He went so far as to pen what amounted to a letter of resignation if the landings failed.
Apparently, that sense of personal responsibility no longer holds true for officers of four-star rank. Four months after the debacle of the Afghanistan withdrawal, there have been no firings and no resignations over the greatest American military humiliation since Pearl Harbor.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/12/13/fixing-us-army-generals/
