Your knowledge of the US military is obviously non-existent. Flag level officers do not have to do anything they don't want to. They get an order they don't want, they retire, they get caught doing anything illegal, they retire. There is no force among flag level officers. Do a bit of research, they are splashed in the media and it goes away. The Admirals and Generals are not court marshalled. The embarassment and the whistleblowing put a halt to this. These guys know the dirty secrets and cannot be punished and silenced like the juniors. They also have enough years on the books to walk out the door with a fat retirement. If you had served in the military, you would not only know this, you would have actually seen this.
Your knowledge of the US military is obviously non-existent. Flag level officers do not have to do anything they don't want to. They get an order they don't want, they retire, they get caught doing anything illegal, they retire. There is no force among flag level officers. Do a bit of research, they are splashed in the media and it goes away. The Admirals and Generals are not court marshalled. The embarassment and the whistleblowing put a halt to this. These guys know the dirty secrets and cannot be punished and silenced like the juniors. They also have enough years on the books to walk out the door with a fat retirement. If you had served in the military, you would not only know this, you would have actually seen this.