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Hanlon would rather eat his gun barrel than explain his totally justified actions before a court-martial. That leaves Hsu as the best choice, but you'll get no argument from me on that given his quiet competence.
Hanlon IS one of the best choices, the issue is that the war had exausted him to the point he would much rather the NCR cut its losses and let Ceasar take the Dam so less lives will be lost in another conflict he didnt have much faith in the NCR winning (and lets face it, he can see the writing on the wall).
Its like you know your team is gonna lose because the current leader is an arrogant bastard so you would much rather to just declare defeat and save the lives of your men instead of dying in a conflict that is pretty much already lost.
He was responsible for NCR's first victory and he could do it again if he was given proper recognition and position instead of being left on some camp away from the action. He is just succumbing into despair being surrounded by such incompetent leadership (lord knows we all know that feeling)
Edit: Hell, it literally takes the death of Ceasar for you to convince Hanlon that the NCR might have a shot at winning and for him to get some of his spirits back. He is a good man and leader just suffering from having too much empathy with his men and being forced to watch incompent morons lead his faction into a slaughterhouse