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  •  Yup, they do.. (none / 0)

    ..and that's why W canned him.  Speaking up is now a CLM.

    "Strength and wisdom are not opposing values" - Bill Clinton.

    by RAST on Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 04:48:37 PM PDT

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    •  Even so (none / 0)

      It is still a dereliction of duty to not speak the truth, be it in private or in public -- their duty to the Constitution, the American people and the people that serve under them outweighs their duty to the Commander in Chief and their own hard-won careers.

      Remember the Nixon AG's who resigned rather than execute the Saturday Night Massacre? They did the right thing. No, it's not easy to throw away a career of 20 or 40 years and the only adult life you have known -- but if the Joint Chiefs and their staff need to pull a Shinseki in order to remedy this fool's errand and avoid making the same mistakes over and over, so be it.

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