Kim Jong Un: North Korea's Newest Four Star General

North Korea's old and ailing leader Kim Jong Il has appointed his youngest son to be a four star general. The boy is 26. That sets up a succesion to the elder Kim's departure. When one thinks about generals and war , an immature general is about par for the course. Wars persist because generals and their instructing politicians can't think maturely very well anyway.

General Petraeus: Opinions From A Surrounded General

General Petraeus will report to Congress soon about the state of the Iraq War. Here's a question that someone on the panel of pols should ask. " Pardon me General but why should we listen to you when you are already surrounded in the Green Zone and at the mercy of low tech mortar and missle fire?".