Polite and velvety leaders who take care to avoid bruising others are generally not as effective at forcing change.
We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks so we have to carve out our...
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil that's probably a sign that you're losing.