Re: The Hollow Army

Published March 16, 2007 3:45pm ET



On Wednesday we discussed this story from the Boston Globe on concerns about the quality of the officers being promoted by the Army. Frederick Kagan told us that the attrition of the Army’s officer corps is “unquestionably bad,” but not everyone thought so. Michael Tanji, a frequent contributor to THE DAILY STANDARD and a former senior intelligence officer, wrote in with this comment:

Far be it from me to argue military issues with a Kagan, but I don’t see the high volume of resignations as a major problem.

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