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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly warned Trump that Iran would likely disrupt the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. attack, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.
Trump, 79, told his administration that he thought Iran would capitulate to the U.S. before it closed the Strait, adding that even if the Strait was threatened, the U.S. military could handle it.
There are a whole lot of dumbasses out there would rather have a complete idiot in power rather than someone that makes them feel stupid, or, in other words, is clearly smarter, more educated, and more capable than they are.
It’s an infuriating trait and I don’t understand it at all.
I could do a better job than this idiot, and I am self-aware and smart enough to realize I have no business being anywhere near that kind of job. I happen to want people far smarter, more experienced, more education, and more wisdom than myself in there. I don’t feel smaller by having someone better than me in there.
This is about the only job I can think of where there are certain types of idiots that cast about for non-experts for that role. You don’t people agitating to have “outsiders” in their sportsball team. You don’t see them calling for things like “term limits” on sports, either. Same for a whole host of occupations. People don’t put out ads for positions at companies seeking someone with zero experience, but who makes them feel good about their own capabilities in comparison.
But, for a role that We, The People hire for, we have this incredibly bizarre and stupid selection criteria - dumb things that include “wanting to have a beer with them”, or “running the country like a business”. Things like intelligence, capability, education, wisdom, and experience don’t seem to really matter for this hiring process.
The funny thing is that that actually makes you very good for the job, or at least it’s major part of it. A leader of anything from a company to a small work team needs to be the kind of person who can assemble teams of experts and give them the resources they need to succeed.
Which part? The part about wanting to surround yourself with people smarter than yourself?
Ye.
100%: that’s the kind of leader that tends to get nearly unswerving (real) loyalty and admiration from their team, too.
I’ve seen plenty of weak leadership in both private sector and in the government in my personal work life, and when you see someone that is secure enough to be humble enough to seek out and value those that are better than them at things is something to truly treasure. If they don’t have someone sabotaging them from above, that team is often a sight to behold in how much they can accomplish.
Weak leadership usually seeks out yes-men, will hire their friends, fraternity brothers, and former co-workers even when it makes no sense - will even engage in nepotism - in order to get people that will rubber stamp their activities
You got my vote!
Ha ha! No way I’d ever win even a low-level office; I’m not much for the small talk, I am a terrible speaker, and not great at pressing of the flesh and so on.
Also, I really have no business doing such work - I’m not very great at time management, my people management skills are subpar, and my in-person/on the spot memory is trash. I have no background in law or politics, either.