The Week - President Trump's masters of war turned out to be insufficiently belligerent. He fancies himself a brawler, wants to surround himself with other brawlers, and the restraint shown by the old generals in questions of politics and policy finally broke his limited patience.
Out with the negotiators. In with the the guys who want to fight. And if the new guys don't have as much experience with actually fighting? No problem: At least they talk tough on Fox News.
Here's the thing with a lot of military men... Throw them into the fight, and they'll give you everything they've got. But — having seen up close the human cost of war — they're often a little more cautious about starting a fight in the first place.
It was frustrating as hell to the civilians who served with him: Madeline Albright reportedly complained, "What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?"
It's not hard to imagine Trump himself speaking those words, is it?
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