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Usually, in the past when something completely wrong happened, the person in command would step down even if he was not directly involved. So as to show that the person in command does respect the civilians it's supposed to be serving and protecting, and will not settle for shallow 'he did it they did it I didn't do it' games of hiding behind big, fat, greasy fingers. Because the person in command understood that if something horrible happened and he didn't know about it, he failed twice over because it was his job to know these things. He's living off of the people's money in order to be able to do so, and is enjoying the benefits of an office whose power stems directly from them. Such a man doesn't even have to have his resignation demanded. They submit their resignations themselves and they go home. These men, no matter how horribly they might have fucked up, at least have their most basic dignity as human beings intact in the eyes of the public.