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In reply to the discussion: U.S. generals enjoy a lifestyle befitting a billionaire (WP) [View all]byeya
(2,842 posts)40. I Googled and found this from firedoglake:
I just ran some quick math on those figures. In WWII, there was roughly one general officer for every 14,545 troops. Today there is roughly one general officer for every 1,557 troops. According to the Times article
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"...they shouldn't be THAT much nicer than the enlisted men and women who also sacrifice."
CrispyQ
Nov 2012
#10
I don't think anyone should be allowed to attend West Point or the other service academies until
byeya
Nov 2012
#3
It may inflate their sense of invulnerability and prompt them to careless actions.
Overseas
Nov 2012
#19
These are the same imperial satraps who lost 2 wars in ten years. (That has to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#17
I don't see a problem with them being able to summon a string quartet or a choir
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#22
And THAT, my dear friends, is where the military budget can be cut to the bone.
loudsue
Nov 2012
#24
Why is it just now "coming to light". Are they that good at keeping their lifestyle secret?
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#28
"Soldiers usually win battles and generals get the credit for them." Napoleon Bonaparte
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#36