Lt. Col. Paul Yingling wrote an article in the Armed Forces Journal that says that lack of accountability has resulted in generals who are basically toadies of the civilian leadership, failed to confront the seriousness of the insurgency in Iraq, and misled the public about the situation there.

Via Richard Adams at the Guardian News Blog.

jklugman, I have been pissed about this for a long time. It's almost as if these guys are so afraid of losing their jobs that they will do and say anything this administration orders them to do or say. The generals who have disagreed with the administration have been sidelined or given the boot.

I am also fearful that most of the people in this administration who are calling the shots essentially have little or absolutely NO military background, and that of course, includes our "deserter in chief."