06-27-2010, 04:34 AM
See, I'm not sure they do need to be "good soldiers", at least not modern generals. What's a good soldier? A person who's trained to kill, and who knows when to employ said skills and when not to, amongst other things. What need does a general have for that? Better that they are trained in leadership, in tactics and strategy, than in a skill rank-and-file grunts are expected to have. That's just a waste of time and effort. The managing director of a car company doesn't need to know how to put together an engine; he has employees for that.