Freedom of speech is not protected for the leaders of the military. This is quited strange as these men and women have been fighting for years for the right to speak our minds. A great uproar has come about when General McCrystal and his aides answered questions from Rolling Stone that showed they differed from the position of Barak Obama.
There have been comments made on "The View" from those who are enraged because the General and his aides did not show the proper support of Obama. Â These individuals have stated that even if the General and his aides did disagree with Obama they should have understood the position they are in and the responsibility of that position that would keep them from making those statements.
Melissa Etheridge make a point that I whole heartedly agree with: "maybe America is too worried about speaking politically correct". Â Yes, there is a tendency for people to be upset when people speak their minds and it is contrary to what everyone else thinks. Â But surely the military should be able to speak their minds without fear of losing their posts if they are risking losing their lives to fight for that freedom.
Taking care of the written word,
dannielyn
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Comments: 13
I do think that he got what he deserved. I think he was not a very good leader.
Now tell me why a "General" would violate, not once, but twice this ancient military law.
. . ." Article 88, Unified Code of Military Justice: "Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.". . .
So ok everyone, you can like him, admire him, all that, but here you have a General,
who wiolated one of the oldest military rules that exists.
PS to Today's Illusion: UCMJ stands for Uniform Code of Military Justice, not Unified. (.^_^.)
Once the magazine article came out McChrystal was doomed. He had to know that. He's a four star general. Nobody who gets to that rank does so without some political skill. It's far above the rank anyone can achieve by merit alone. My wife wonders if he decided to do it in order to get fired because he knew that he was not going to be able to succeed in Afghanistan.