Quote of the day: Joseph Alsop slams the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their ‘ass-kissing’
Joseph Alsop is forgotten now, but he was a big noise in Washington journalism in the 1940s and 1950s, even into the ‘60s. In his memoirs, I’ve Seen the Best of It, this is his comment on the nation’s top military men: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff-a group who, in my opinion, cannot be matched ...
Joseph Alsop is forgotten now, but he was a big noise in Washington journalism in the 1940s and 1950s, even into the ‘60s. In his memoirs, I've Seen the Best of It, this is his comment on the nation's top military men: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff-a group who, in my opinion, cannot be matched for arrogance when the wind is blowing their way or for a quality of abject ass-kissing when it is not." (p. 300)
Joseph Alsop is forgotten now, but he was a big noise in Washington journalism in the 1940s and 1950s, even into the ‘60s. In his memoirs, I’ve Seen the Best of It, this is his comment on the nation’s top military men: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff-a group who, in my opinion, cannot be matched for arrogance when the wind is blowing their way or for a quality of abject ass-kissing when it is not." (p. 300)
(HT to RLG)
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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