[frogjerk]

Most will be surprised that military brass, from what I hear, ain’t the most conservative bunch.

[Tailback]

Most will be surprised that military brass, from what I hear, ain’t the most conservative bunch.

Up to about Major most officers are conservatives. The education requirements for making full bird and getting a star means that they're mostly corrupted by the uber liberal universities. The system now is set up so that it's very difficult for a real warrior to make General. Nowadays perfumed princes who can play politics get promoted. (Colin Powell) Petraus is a rare exception, but that still doesn't mean he's a conservative politically.

[edpc]

Given what we know about Powell, it wouldn’t surprise me at all.

[CORedneck]

I worked with a retired Army Colonel and he was very, very liberal like pro-environmentalist and made remarks that 4x4 trails should be closed. He also wanted a return of the National Speed limit of 55 mph. He was from NJ and got his commission based on Rutgers ROTC. His wife was involved in Teacher Union politics as well.

A lot of them are not the brightest. A different place I worked at, the director was another retired Army colonel, a ring knocker from West Point. He also promoted a lot of liberal politics and he was very strict on dress code where you were required to wear a long sleeve shirt even when it is 100 degrees, no any kind of jeans. The dress code applied 24x7x365 at his facility.

> Most will be surprised that military brass, from what I hear, ain’t the most conservative bunch.