It's peacetime...

[Jolly]

We tend to produce political four-stars during peacetime. Think back on WW2 and how many officers Marshall fired for incompetence.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fire-the-four-stars/ar-AARbHfb?ocid=msedgntp

[jon-nyc]

You say that as if we haven’t been almost constantly at war for 30 years

[Jolly]

We haven't. Other than a brief stint in the first Gulf War and an even briefer stint during Gulf War II, our fighting has been mostly small unit, counter-insurgency and police-state work.