Rarefied Minds

As one proceeds higher and higher in the ranks of a military as powerful as the Americans', we can see that the critical faculties become less and less useful. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Colin Powell was competent but mainly a mouthpiece for the first Bush administration.

So where's the dividing line between uniformed officer and hack? Apparently, somewhere between Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Army Vice Chief of Staff. While Gen. Richard Cody is publicly worried about the state of the US's military, going so far as to say "what keeps me awake at night is what will this all-volunteer force look like in 2007?" Meanwhile, the Bush hack Chairman of the JCS, Gen. Richard Myers, says there's nothing to worry about.

One man owes his position to his work within the military. Myers, on the other hand, owes his position to Bush and Rumsfeld. Who do you think we can trust?