13 Feb 98 23:40, Robert Linenweber wrote to Jim Sanders:
 RL> In a message to All  Jim Sanders wrote:
 JS>> solved diplomatically. -+--+- Pictures of this drafting-dodging
 JS>> Secretary of Defense was on internet. He was wearing a leather
 JS>> A-2 type flying jacket which is awarded to combat-ready flight
 JS>> crew members.Here is a person who never saw a shot fired in anger
 JS>> or served a day of military service trying to emulate a fighting
 JS>> man. How can he advise or even raise the morale of those that must
 JS>> do the bombing if Iraq is to be punished.
 RL> I have similar thoughts whenever I see Clinton in military garb or when 
he
 RL> copies President Regan's act of saluting the marines at the door of his
 RL> helicopter.  ..  However, emotion aside, when the day comes that he says
 RL> "go," I'm going. .
Did you feel that way when Caspar Wineberger or Les Aspin showed up on the 
tube
wearing military garb?  For those of us whose memories have been atrophied by
time, I think the constitution calls for the government to be run essentially
by civilians. I, for one, am not insulted when the Sec/Def (whoever he might
be) wears an A-2 jacket, a hard hat, or any other military gear when he's 
aboard a military aircraft or vessel, any more than I am insulted when the 
IC
(whoever he might be) salutes any military member. I expect it of the CIC if
for no other reason than it is a courtesy he OUGHT to extend to the military
people serving him. He couldn't fail to do that without displaying disrespect
inappropriate for his office.
Hal
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