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Col MacGregor was an excellent tactician and commander but not a great strategist which is the reason he didn't get a star. An example of the ideas people took issue with was he wanted to dissolve both the Marines and the XVIII Airborne Corps.

From the Foreign Policy Research Institute:

"Douglas A. Macgregor, a U.S. Army colonel, served from November 1997 to December 1999 as the chief of strategic planning and director of the Joint Operations Center, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. In 1995 he developed the zone of separation that became part of the Dayton framework agreement. He is currently a research fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University in Washington, D.C."

From the Times Examiner:

"According to journalist Thomas Ricks, MacGregor quickly gained a reputation of one of the Army’s leading planners and thinkers on innovation. He became prominent in 1997 after publishing Breaking the Phalanx, which proposed a radical reorganization of U.S. land forces to cope with modern realities. This was backed by several top Army officers and Defense Department cabinet officials, but ran into political trouble, which blocked his path to Brigade commander and Brigadier General. He retired in 2004 and has since acted as a consultant to the Israeli Defense Force. President Trump tried to make him Ambassador to Germany, but the nomination was stalled in the Senate. He served for the last three months of President Trump’s term as an advisor to the Acting Secretary Defense. MacGregor has written five books in all."

Col. Douglas MacGregor is unquestionably experienced and qualified to speak on all matters of military exercise and foreign affairs. That he ruffled feathers with some brass or that many of his innovations challenged the status quo and perhaps impeded his advancement up the ranks not withstanding. His record speaks for itself and the concerted efforts at minimizing his credibility have only emerged due to his political positions, not his military record or competency. And certainly his service and loyalty to the United States has NEVER been questioned except for now by the morally bankrupt lemmings who have no shame and no limitations to the depths they will go to smear and lambast anyone who proves to be a legitimate threat to their agenda.