Disagree with you a lot there. Like I said, lower ranks may feel this way but consider a Brigadier. He would NEVER trade his position with a top bureaucrat. And you yourself have answered the question. Having said that, I can guarantee that you haven't met a Brigadier or Lt. General. No wonder you have such a perception of the army. Now I think this argument is going nowhere. I think we haven't settled anything. But we both agree on one thing: one should choose a career he is most suited to and loves doing. He should be there to serve his country, not to exploit it.