washingtonpost.com: Thomas A. Schweich served the Bush administration as ambassador for counter-narcotics in Afghanistan and deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement affairs.
“The Pentagon is muscling in everywhere.
“It’s time to stop the mission creep.
“We no longer have a civilian-led government.
“It is hard for a lifelong Republican and son of a retired Air Force colonel to say this, but the most unnerving legacy of the Bush administration is the encroachment of the Department of Defense into a striking number of aspects of civilian government.