Let's see . . . who do we know as a major political figure in the U.S. at this time with a monstrous ego and no capacity for thinking things through?

More on point, thanks for some new and interesting knowledge. I wonder if some German generals wanted Rommel in Africa so he wouldn't be involved in the Russia campaign? I would imagine his propensity for irresponsible, self-serving actions was known to others. "What harm could he do in the middle of a desert on the other side of the Mediterranean?" they might have been thinking.