and in this chapter we just witnessed what caused the vietnam fragging. politicians pulled strings to get their sons placed as commanders and generals for glory with zero knowledge or experence on how to command a battlefield.
viewing the soldiers they were placed to oversee and command as nothing but cannon fodder for their glory,
looking down on them as inferiors,
caring NOTHING for their lives,
and thus all the mistreatment and needlessy sending men to die comes to a head when one of them decides to take action and cut off the rotten appendage to save the whole.