"What Franklin Roosevelt Understood About Military Leadership" Topic

"The United States is at war, and the Army is losing its senior leadership.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned last month after months of reported conflict with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Earlier this year, Hegseth forced out Gen. Randy George, the Army chief of staff, along with other senior Army generals. Driscoll reportedly opposed some of those removals and later raised concerns that Hegseth's personnel decisions were undermining Army modernization and readiness. His departure is part of a much broader turnover in the Pentagon's senior ranks.

There are legitimate reasons to replace military leaders, of course, and it is the right of civilian leaders to do so in the United States. Civilian control of the military is foundational to our republic. But exercising that authority effectively requires those same leaders to be willing to hear disagreement from their military advisers—particularly during war…"

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Armand

Not unlike Lincoln's team of rivals. The Army has reportedly lost some good men, and women, lately. FDR gave his people some leeway in arguing against him, wanted opposing views and the best decisions. It does not appear that is happening in the Iran war, not the style of this Prez, and from Congress on up nobody wants to get him riled.

There were things I disagreed with MacArthur on, his views of FDR were not any of them.

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Armand