During the 1930s, Stalin purged the Red Army. He got rid of every officer he thought was not personally loyal to him. He got rid of people whose thinking struck him as suspicious — and he was suspicious of people who could solve problems that were beyond his own abilities.
A lot of talented, capable officers disappeared.
The Soviet Union was a big country and shouldn’t have been pushed around by Nazi Germany. But the Nazis came close to subjugating a bigger, stronger opponent in part because the Soviets lacked competent commanders.
You’d think that kind of stupidity would be rare in history, but it’s not. The Athenians were winning the war against the Spartans until they started executing their own generals and replacing them with people appointed by demagogues.
I think the Current Occupant of the White House is a despicable human being who has done a lot to make this a weaker, more vulnerable county. He has weakened our military by running off officers who rose to the top because of their competence, expertise and leadership.
The U.S. military deserves better.
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