The 'vacuum' is Trump and his abysmal level of ignorance of military law. We're more reliant on generals than we should be, but virtually all of them are military academy grads or post grads of elite universities.

They have given their careers over to thinking about the 'unthinkable' in stark contrast to a man who displays no '\executive decision' capability, attention span, reflectiveness, calmness of bearing, RE the military or nuclear strategy.

Tillerson's assessment of Trump is no doubt widely shared by the generals around Trump.

Trump's conduct warrants close scrutiny. As did Captain Queeg's.

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