According to Hackworth, General Johnson got cold feet and began to reason that he could do more good on the inside, than on the outside and did not follow through. General Johnson later deeply regretted not resigning. Hackworth offered the example of General Johnson as a way to explain why massive resignations of top officers has not taken place. I did not hear Hackworth offer explanations for the massive exodus of junior officers and very experienced senior non-commissioned officers. This should remind Bay Area residents of Vietnam veterans turning their backs on Clinton during a Memorial Day observance at The Wall in Washington a few years ago.
Underreported stories are real hard to verify.
Maybe more on this later. If you want to get a taste of Hackworth's writing visit his web page Hack , and you can also sign up for his free online newsletter Defending America , or read Jeremy Brecher's resignation letter to Socialist Congressman Bernie Sanders, Brecher resigned as a matter of conscience over Sanders supporting Clinton policy in Yugoslavia and Kosovo. . Brecher had been on Sanders' staff. Maybe a few. Hackworth probably isn't progressive enough for the tastes of the hard core socialists and communists in those reading audiences.