Even though President Bush has announced new economic sanctions on Myanmar's rulers, Ott says that the generals have little to lose as long as China backs them up.

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However, the generals have little choice but to keep a hand in guiding the country through its crisis, since they stand to be blamed if it all goes wrong.

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The announcement comes a little over a month after the president and the generals butted heads over Morsy's attempt to recall the country's disbanded parliament.

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Perhaps Obama noted that generals always feel wars can be won, with a little more time and a few more men.

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Yet, the hand wringing, bumbling generals led by a madman and backed by a German public with little appetite for war unleashed the blitzkrieg that would shatter the French and British forces in less than 7 weeks.

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We always hear the politicians and generals say, wars, there's always going to be a little collateral damage in war, civilian casualties.

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Hoar says the generals are well within their rights to speak out, and he recalls little complaint over the past decade when retired military officers came out in support of political candidates.

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