Demoting David
A Martian who dropped in to visit us could be forgiven for imagining that our nation is ruled from Virginia, while a president supported by a small staff in Washington merely advises the Pentagon on the views of the citizenry. One of the more pragmatic Republican policy wonks I know let his enthusiasm for Petraeus run so far away with him as to write: “The appointment of David Petraeus as CIA Director amounts to a demotion with honor… his immense stature and strong views were too much for the President to handle.”
So now membership in the president’s Cabinet is a “demotion,” and managing your generals’ career paths is a manhood test for the commander in chief?
