Two e-mails from Marines: Who is right?

Last month (mid-August) the Marine
Corps announced that it would start firing captains and majors who have
repeatedly been passed over for promotion. Or, as the announcement of the
policy change put it, "EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, MARINE CORPS POLICY IS TO SELECT FOR CONTINUATION ONLY THOSE TWICE
PASSED MAJORS AND TWICE PASSED CAPTAINS WHOSE CONTINUED SERVICE IS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE MARINE CORPS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY Of THE NAVY."

Two e-mails about this appeared in my
inbox.

The first was from a more senior Marine officer: "We are institutionally breaking faith all over the
place. Amos is killing the soul of the Corps. His legacy is going to be one of
division and resentment."

The other, immediately above it, was
from a field-grade officer: "About time."

Which one is right?