From: "Gary Britt" 

Plus all of these Generals are Clinton era (Clinton Promoted - Generals).
Not one of them is a general promoted by Bush/Rumsfeld.  That says it all.
They liked the way Clinton left the military alone and didn't care he held
them in contempt.  They got to  do what they wanted.  Rummy came in and on
orders from the President began to re-arrange their sandbox.  As a result
they got pissed off.  These generals have all the credibility of a group of
disgruntled ex-employees who were found to be last decades solution after a
corporate takeover.

Gary

"Mark"  wrote in message news:444d727f$1{at}w3....
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> "Adam"  wrote in message
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>> Jim Adams wrote:
>>> A retired General is an american citizen. By defintion he is no longer
>>> part of the military as he has retired from the military. Thus the
>>> "civilian control of the military" canard is just that.
>>>
>>> Actually, it's a bit questionable.  Retired militray personnel are still
>>> subject to the UCMJ.  As long as they get a check.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Was Eisenhower?
>>
>> So if Eisenhower dissed his SecDef then he could have been had up on
>> charges?
>>
>> How about any other retired US Mil type who's gone into politics?
>
> They, the retired generals, are exercising their right to speak, no
> problem. What they're doing though, is playing on their military
> experience for credibility and inferring that same military experience
> should garner greater weight than that of their civilian betters that were
> actually elected to office in the USA.
>
> The press is eating it up because they don't like Bush or Rumsfeld, so if
> we're supposed to take them at their word, that they are all-knowing, as
> the press wants us to, fine.
>
> If that is the road we want to take in the USA, then we move into military
> dictatorship -- and you think you don't like us now? You ain't seen
> nothing yet.
>
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