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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Yes, I do. Because the principle of civilian control of the military is important, and if the military gets sucked into fighting George Bush's fights because he is too weak to fight them himself, we'll all lose.
The ridiculousness of your position is illustrated by the fact that the Senator in question is John Warner, a Republican who is about the most respected Senator on military issues. People generally assume that he speaks for the services.
And we all know that Bush selects which generals speak for him. When the joint chiefs disagreed with his plans for Iraq, he went and found Petraeus. The generals who advocate for his policies are those who agree with him. The others don't give press conferences.
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There is a nice, easy to understand article on Civilian Control on the DOD web site, right
here.
I note the last little brush up over the issue was when the Bushies were criticizing a number of retired Generals who spoke out against either the war, Rumsfeld's running of the war, or both.
