Admiral Stavridis in my opinion is one of our military's great thought leaders. The military pays the price more than anyone else for failed foreign policies, so those who care like the ADM think deeply about how to solve problems and come up with visionary ideas. Military leaders have limited power to force compliance, experimentation, etc. outside the military, and unfortunately I see little evidence of big thinkers in our other government agencies. We need guys like the ADM in the National Security Staff so their ideas can be put into action.