Completed the following sentence: The unreported, but important, main reason behind Schlesinger's dismissal, though, was his insubordination towards President Ford. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
Incident "Mayaguez", Ford ordered several retaliatory strikes against Cambodia. Schlesinger told Ford the first strike was carried out, but Ford later learned that Schlesinger, who disagreed with the order, had none of them carried out. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Woodward observes, "The United States had just lost a war for the first time.... That the president and the secretary of defense could not agree on who was in charge was appalling... ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Schlesinger had also disobeyed Ford when told to send as many military aircraft as possible to evacuate South Vietnam.<unk> Schlesinger had also disobeyed Ford when told to send as many military aircraft as possible to evacuate South Vietnam. Schlesinger disagreed with doing so and did not send the aircraft. (Schlesinger disagreed with doing so and did not send the aircraft.) Woodward says that an elected president, which Ford was not, would never have tolerated the insubordination.