I remember reading that Hannibal (when he was in exile in Persia) was invited by the Persian King to a lecture on "the duties of army commanders" given by a Persian military academic called Phormio. After the lecture, the King asked what Hannibal thought. He said, "I have had to listen to some old fools in my time, but this one beats them all."
It genuinely worries me that these idiots were high ranking officers in the US military, because clearly they have mental issues.
