For the record, I would have probably agreed with a general during the Bush admin calling a national security advisor a clown, but I still would have been against them saying it publicly. You sign up for a career position in the military and you'll likely serve under a variety of different commanders, some you may agree with, some you may not. I think that dissent on important matters is healthy. I don't think that trash talk in the press is healthy, however.
Judah On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> which is the irony of this particular administration coming down on >> him for it after the left cheered when generals under bush complained. >> still, he should go if he can't take order from the cnc. > > My recollection is that the generals under Bush were complaining about > tactics, strategy, etc, not bad mouthing the cabinet and allied > forces. If a general under Bush had called the national security > advisor "a clown" (as McChyrstal did) in an on the record interview I > would have had the same feelings as I do now. I respect his > disagreement with Jones on strategy and tactics, I don't respect > calling him a clown to a reporter. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
