Originally Posted by Red Line Entry
And it DOES operate quite successfully. With (on the whole, and particularly now) pretty good people at the top. None of this means that you have to like the decisions that do come down from above - but if you've served long enough to be able to pontificate as widely as many do on this forum, perhaps you should also have served long enough to gain a bit of maturity along the way. Perhaps some of these decisions are even the ones YOU would reach if you were sitting in the chair...
Rant off.
I think the point being made was that 'we' never seem to see the arguments that 'they' have won on our behalf. It always appears that the politicos always get what 'they' want, and the services never get what 'we' want.
Can you name any instances of 'us' getting what 'we' want?