Best use for aging politicians is as fertilizer when planting a tree. FOGOs (Flag Officer / General Officer) in the USA are minor politicians, they have to be approved by the Senate and come budget time happily tell the Congress whatever their bosses want them to say.
Compare this pic of Eisenhower:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... r_1947.jpg
With North Korean General David Petraeus:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WtcRRKOf_Cs/U ... e_logo.gif
One was a leader of men and nations, the other a politian playing dress up.
Mind you, some of the congressman are a living Jethro Tull song. Observe:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg
Battery is flat, more later.
