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To: RED SOUTH

It doesn’t matter that 90 percent of the military loathes Obama. What matters is the 3 and 4 star Generals sitting at the JCS and subordinate commands. Some (most?) of these guys are paper-pushing yes men who will just follow orders of the CIC to the letter. If the CIC declares a national emergency, requiring him to become, in effect, a dictator,the Generals will fall in line.


21 posted on 06/28/2009 1:24:14 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Bobkk47
It doesn’t matter that 90 percent of the military loathes Obama. What matters is the 3 and 4 star Generals sitting at the JCS and subordinate commands. Some (most?) of these guys are paper-pushing yes men who will just follow orders of the CIC to the letter. If the CIC declares a national emergency, requiring him to become, in effect, a dictator,the Generals will fall in line.

As a twenty-eight year veteran I can say this is absolutely true, and many many citizens who, now in this era, have never had contact with the military cannot understand what you are saying.

The Soviet Union had a massive military, generals, missiles, tanks, submarines, etc, etc, so how can anyone project that a "military" cannot be oriented and controlled by a centralized Party?

Generals do not necessarily have any finer values than any other national citizens who fall into the line of the "Party". Witness currently, Sestak (Admiral), Clinton's guy in Bosnia, even John McCain.

The point is, and has always been, each and every one of us, and our neighbors, better know what freedom and its responsibilities are, for every one of us is on the frontlines.

65 posted on 06/28/2009 2:20:29 PM PDT by jnsun (The LEFT: The need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer)
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To: Bobkk47
I think you don't know the chief's, nor the combatant commanders, the servicemen and the law. And as much as I loath Gates, even that back-side kisser wouldn't go along with anything near backing a coup. . .or some other such nonsense.
80 posted on 06/28/2009 3:11:02 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Bobkk47
What matters is the 3 and 4 star Generals sitting at the JCS and subordinate commands. Some (most?) of these guys are paper-pushing yes men

I hope you watched the movie "mars attacks". There was a great caricature of Powell as exactly that. Pretty funny caricature of Schwartzkoff too as a "nuke the aliens now" guy.

104 posted on 06/28/2009 4:11:50 PM PDT by staytrue
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To: Bobkk47

You have not a clue.


107 posted on 06/28/2009 4:16:43 PM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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