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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (119873)11/30/2000 3:41:02 PM
From: WTSherman  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
<As for the loyalty issue, each soldier pledges loyalty to the Constitution of the United States, not to any single person or group of people. Like I just said, they can criticize all they want, but they are bound by the Constitution to obey their Commander-In-Chief. So you needn't worry about "loyalty examinations," because a soldier's loyalty doesn't work that way<

Either I didn't express myself clearly or you didn't read what I wrote. First, it is against military regs to criticize civilian leaders. So, members of the military don't have any "right" to do this as long as they are on active service. Secondly, the reason for this is very clear and that is to keep the military from becoming politicized. If officers, particularly senior officers start criticizing their civilian superiors then each incoming administration will try to weed out officers from high command that might criticize or embarrass them. This is the "loyalty test" I was talking about. Loyalty to the administration in power at any given time. This would be terrible for the military in general. If you don't understand this you don't understand what has set the U.S. apart from tinpot dictatorships around the world.
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