Annals of toxic leaders: BG Sinclair’s generalship as a negative example
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, the U.S. Army’s most famous one-star, allegedly made his lover urinate in a waste basket (I think so people couldn’t see her coming and going from his place), talked trash about female officers, and once threatened to kill his lover and her family if she talked. When she tried to break ...
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, the U.S. Army's most famous one-star, allegedly made his lover urinate in a waste basket (I think so people couldn't see her coming and going from his place), talked trash about female officers, and once threatened to kill his lover and her family if she talked. When she tried to break off the relationship, he would seek oral sex.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, the U.S. Army’s most famous one-star, allegedly made his lover urinate in a waste basket (I think so people couldn’t see her coming and going from his place), talked trash about female officers, and once threatened to kill his lover and her family if she talked. When she tried to break off the relationship, he would seek oral sex.
Pop quiz for new brigadiers: Which of these behaviors was wrong?
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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