Allowing retired generals to dictate our country’s policies and its leadership would be a dangerous precedent that would severely undermine our country’s long tradition of civilian control of the military. It would discourage civilian leaders at the Department from having frank and candid exchanges with military officers. And, today, at a time of war, such an effort sends exactly the wrong message both to our troops deployed abroad and to our enemies who are watching for any signs of weakness or self-doubt.
You know the reason that we keep control of the military in civilian hands is because of the fear that the military might simply start conflicts to increase military spending and to ensure job security for them and their fellow soldiers.
But these generals are coming out to say that we should not be fighting this war. Or at least not fighting it in the same sloppy way that this administration has fought it up to now. They are certainly not doing this to benefit themselves or their buddies in the military, they are doing it because they wanted to say this while in uniform and couldn't! I find no reason to question their motives.
Besides who the hell cares what Gerald " I pardoned Nixon" Ford has to say about it anyway? He was an exceptionally unproductive President who got the job only because all of his predecessors were corrupt. And then he could not even win the only presidential election he ever participated in. This is who they find to support Rummy? Sad.
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