The Relationship Between the Commanding General and the Civilian Authority

General franks, who's the commander of all our forces at the time, he can hardly be in the same room as this gyan to wring his neck. And then another thing that is kind of inexplicable happens over the course of about a month and a half. The chief of staff of the army retires in june or july,. Neither romsfeld, the secretary defense, nor his deputy, wolfewich, show up to his retirement ceremony cawere in the middle of the start of a war. It gives you an idea of the relationship the servilians have to the military at this point.