Blankley was responding to a Holbrooke fantasy piece were many active
Generals were planning on resign each day and then speak out against
the war they were fighting.

It never happened so it's irrelevant.

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> There were a number of active duty officers openly critical of
> President Bush and Rumsfeld.
>
> "On April 18, 2006 Tony Blankley, editorial-page editor of Rev. Sun
> Myung Moon's staunchly pro-Bush Washington Times, raised the prospect
> of sedition charges against active-duty military officers who - in
> collusion with the retired generals - might be considering
> resignations in protest of Bush's war policies.
>
> "Can a series of lawful resignations turn into a mutiny?" Blankley
> wrote. "And if they are agreed upon in advance, have the agreeing
> generals formed a felonious conspiracy to make a mutiny?"
>
> Blankley wrote that this possible "revolt" by the generals "comes
> dangerously close to violating three articles of the Uniform Code of
> Military Justice," including "mutiny and sedition." Blankley thus
> raised the specter of courts martial against officers who resign
> rather than carry out orders from Bush."
>
> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/apr/17/20060417-094715-2092r/
>

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