My goodness, lots of dialog here.
On the one hand:
- war is politics
- we have been complaining about a dearth of grand strategy
- Presidents have a hand in setting that
- people are concerned about being told to watch & discuss a speech which was clearly known in advance that it was going to set some major lines in the sand of grand strategic import?
WTF, over?
On the other hand, certainly there are opportunities to reinforce the system of civilian control of the military, and for individual instructors to fail to live up to controlling their partisanship. But just because something might be done poorly doesn't mean it should be tried to be done well.
I assume CCC is Captain's Career Course or some similar officer / SNCO PME? At ILS (e.g. CGSC) and TLS (e.g. AWC) you'll spend significant portions of the curriculum looking at Strategy & Politics, and our political system. Understanding our political system and being aware of its currents and trends is not just OK, it is essential to officer development. And it is important for a serving officer to be able to walk through that muck field and understand it, without getting covered by or slinging that muck.
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