Originally Posted by Air&Road

I still contend, that after the major event of the nutzoid doctor, at least as it was portrayed in the press, a REAL leader would have taken the very few seconds it takes to say something to an underling like "check into, or see to, or ensure that, or report back to me on..... the security on that post. A REAL leader will do that sort of thing. Of course with the current POTUS resume, he had zero experience in this area before entering the whitehouse and from all indications the OJT hasn't produced anything yet. He had time to make sure it was labeled as workplace violence instead of the OBVIOUS terrorism that it actually was.

The generals are politicians, they know to follow whatever tone that is set by the administration. They know that the current administration has no regard for the second ammendment, so they don't want to get involved with the stigma that a few soldiers carrying on post might put forth in the press. They want another star and will do whatever for it, just like a congressman will do anything to get elected for another term.

BTW, soldiers don't question their chain of command. They might gripe about amongst themselves but they don't complain up the chain. They also respect a commander at any level when he is doing something to protect them.