"They're just the eyes and ears sent over by those party hacks in Congress. If I really trusted these people, they'd bury me under endless paperwork, fob me off with meaningless crap, trap my voice inside this office, alter what I write, twist my orders, and steer public opinion to tear me apart.
Best case, I get nothing done. Worst case, they do shit under my name, drag me through the mud, dump all the filth on me."
"In the end, either they grind me down until they think I'm no threat and then toss me out, or they let this department rot day after day, turn it into a ruin with zero real power, gathering dust and rust in some corner."
If Europe is the war of economics and Cuba is the war of armies, then this place is the war of politics.
You could even say the cruelty of political struggle far surpasses the first two.
