Partisan Politics Surge in U.S. Military

"Pierce said the military "ought to be, and ought to be seen as, the neutral servant of the state. It has a monopoly on organized, large-scale violence, which ought to be clearly a tool of the state."

Mr. Pierce, please step back from that statement, insert "the people" for State, and then I'll be happy. This is a government ordained and endowed by the people, not a government ordained by the government. That is the difference between us and all the countries before we came along.
As for the Army, I'm surprised as hell. I tried like hell to get guys to vote. Offered unofficial passes (make it to first and last formations, and take the day off in-between) to go and vote, and most didn't give a tinker's damn. I'm glad that they've had it bad enough to inspire them to vote.
During the Gulf War, we got our absentee ballots 3 days after the election! I guess Congress may have been afraid (it was a congressional election year).
 
4 words:

Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers.
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You don't play, you don't vote.

DamSkippy the military should be politicized after 12 years of slow disembowelment.
 
Trust the media to leave out one KEY element in all this:

Pay.

As is, there's career mil people having to collect food stamps to get by. That's just sick. Lieberman in particular has been linked the wrong way in voting down pay raises, and ClintaGore isn't any better.

Bad enough giving 'em all these extra types of "weenie tasks" like "peacekeeping" (fancy way of saying "parade 'em around as targets (usually with no AMMO) so we'll have moral superiority when they get kerblewied")...paying 'em peanuts at the same time is just nuts.

Jim
 
I think it's kind of odd that we didn't hear of partisan politics in the U.S. military when Ret. Adm. Crowe led a coalition of retired senior officers in support of Clinton in '92.

Politcal speech is ok with them as long as you speak their politics. Let's not forget who started this. It was the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1992.

Jeff
 
Speaking of retired Admiral Crowe, that left wing, arrogant wannbee tyrant has also advocated the confiscation of all our firearms and has stated in interviews on teeeeeveee that the People (serfs & Peasants) have to Right to own firearms.

A pox on Crowe and his house!!

J.B.
 
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