@SteveBellovin Eyes open that you have given this more thought that I have, but: Do we want military leaders driving political decisions? How has that worked out when practiced elsewhere? It's a similar question to whether we want, say, real estate moguls with inherited wealth to misinterpret their exceptional privilege as evidence of competence in the areas of, say, politics, fiscal policy, environmental science, and law. Military people recognizing the limits of their expertise? Bravo.