Military men are master strategist's. They spend their careers learning about not just war, but the larger strategic implications of war. You can win and still lose. You can lose and still win. Obama and his fairy winged advisors need to STFU and listen to the generals.

That way we might not end up a third world country.

An example is how the brass have been trying to tell the politicians for years that overspending will cripple us strategically, but nobody will listen to them.