Originally Posted by Cla68

Doubtless this is a topic for a separate thread, but during my time in the military I had the misfortune of serving under a few machievellian egomaniacs. Their superiors appeared to turn a blind eye to their abuses, because they were so good at accomplishing the mission. In doing so, however, they caused a lot of unnecessary grief to others, especially their subordinates. I think we could include Turner and MacArthur in this category.