[BenLurkin]

soldiers had a duty to stay above the political fray

Tell that to this guy:

[Hugin]

My thoghts exactly. Plus Andrew Jackson, U.S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Ike, G.H.W. Bush, John McCain, and a host of others. Maybe the good General could take his own advice and stop shilling for Obama.

[gunnyg]

*****

“When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen,” from then-Gen. George Washington’s June 26, 1775, letter to the Provincial Congress is inscribed inside the apse.
Ref
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/amphitheater.html
Note: The above quote was a favorite of Col David (Perfumed Princes) Hackworth USA (Ret.) (now deceased)

*****
“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.”
-Davy Crockett (unsourced)
Ref
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett

**********

[WMarshal]

Your post showing GW is perfect. There is no end to the lengths that Demonrats will go to try and muzzle active duty military and veterans.

[JimSEA]

Not to mention Ike and, for that matter, JFK, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter and even George McGovern. Partisan nonsense.

[Abiotic]

well played

[Drill Thrawl]

Tell that to this guy

Or any of these guys (with two notable exceptions).