Mark Perry, Daily Beast: When the Pentagon Top Brass Said No to the President
The speculation intensifies by the day: Will the generals with whom our bellicose president has surrounded himself ever just say no? There is a precedent.
Polls tell us that the U.S. military is the most admired of America’s public institutions. Seventy-two percent of those asked say they have confidence in the military—outpolling organized religion, public schools, unions, and even the police. That stands to reason: Our soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen (and women) volunteer to serve, and nearly 7,000 of them have died in combat since 9/11. We’ve asked them to sacrifice, and so they have. The same respect is accorded to our military leaders: George Washington is revered, the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant drew millions, Gen. George Marshall is seen as a military giant, while public esteem for soldier-president Dwight Eisenhower has grown with each passing year.
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WNU Editor:The U.S. military has definitely changed since 1992.
ReplyDeleteSoldiers have had or had the chance of having skin in the game.
Too many pols are popinjays.