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''Federalist'' Publisher Ben Domenech discussed Gen. Mark Milley and the increasingly politicized nature of the U.S. military:

''Federalist'' Publisher Ben Domenech discussed Gen. Mark Milley and the increasingly politicized nature of the U.S. military:

{{quotebox-float|“General Milley’s record of achievements, such as they are, include episodes of profound blundering — a persistent misunderstanding of the national interest.  And a dangerous willingness to politicize the army of the United States....Our armed forces remains a stronghold of brave patriots. But once you get that first star on, things change. Advancement becomes about subjective politics, not empirical outcomes. When your next job and your next promotion depend on a vote of the [[United States Senate]], their priorities become your own, and you start to resemble a [[senator]] more and more, and a general less and less....This is a group of leaders who are masters at political climate, media engagement, and spending trillions in your taxpayer dollars....They even get the praise of one useful media idiot after another, whose natural inclination is to ‘yes queen’ anyone who agrees with their woke ideology no matter how obvious it is that they fail at any measure of success at their actual job.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/29/domenech-americas-top-general-mark-milley-cloaks-his-leadership-failures-with-woke-politics/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|“General Milley’s record of achievements, such as they are, include episodes of profound blundering — a persistent misunderstanding of the national interest.  And a dangerous willingness to politicize the army of the United States....Our armed forces remains a stronghold of brave patriots. But once you get that first star on, things change. Advancement becomes about subjective politics, not empirical outcomes. When your next job and your next promotion depend on a vote of the [[United States Senate]], their priorities become your own, and you start to resemble a [[senator]] more and more, and a general less and less....This is a group of leaders who are masters at political climate, media engagement, and spending trillions in your taxpayer dollars....They even get the praise of one useful media idiot after another, whose natural inclination is to ‘yes queen’ anyone who agrees with their woke ideology no matter how obvious it is that they fail at any measure of success at their actual job.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/29/domenech-americas-top-general-mark-milley-cloaks-his-leadership-failures-with-woke-politics/</ref>}}

==See also==

==See also==