“Which is why uppity colonels don’t stay colonels for very long. Political appointees, my friends. That vision you have in your head of the noble military protecting your rights is just a dangerous fantasy. A fantasy you have to get rid of right now, before it gets you killed.”
Bravo Sierra. The only way to un-colonel a colonel is through a dismissal adjudged by a court martial or by a grade determination after an involuntary discharge. This guy’s full of crap. I’m not a political appointee, I am appointed by the commander-in-chief (the one holding the office on my commissioning date), not by a particular person.
Colonel ( :-P ), USAFR
Respectfully Colonel, I think the authors point was that the upper echelons of our military can be politicized. My point was that I think there’s an ongoing effort to do so. The author (and certainly I) might very well be full of crap, but in these times, given the character of our Executive and his henchmen, and their fidelity to the Constitution, one can’t help but wonder and fear how many more Wesley Clarks are out there.