This seems like a good metaphor for something or the other
By AN admiral ranked as second-in-command of the United States’ nuclear forces has been stood down after he was caught with fake gambling chips at a casino.
The US Navy says a three-star admiral was notified yesterday that he has been relieved of duty and is is under investigation.
The Navy’s top spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby, said that Vice Admiral Tim Giardina will drop in rank to two-star admiral as a consequence of being removed from his position at US Strategic Command.
Giardina is being reassigned to the Navy staff pending the outcome of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service probe of allegations that he used counterfeit gambling chips at a casino in Iowa, not far from his base in eastern Nebraska.
The removal of such a high-ranking commander of nuclear forces is extremely rare in the US military.
Meanwhile, a bit of song for John Boehner, who I am reliably informed delights in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse: