thinkprogress.org — In May, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen published a letter to uniformed soldiers warning that ?the U.S. military must remain apolitical at all times.? Yesterday, however, the McCain campaign once again politicized the military and Gen. Petraeus, now the Central Command chief, by floating the idea of asking Petraeus to be McCain?s VP.
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steinrAug 22, 2008
This is getting scarier and scarier by the day. Guys and girls VOTE OBAMA whatever you do! The world can not afford to let this guy become president of the US. I wish I could vote, I just have to be content with signing online petitions and doing everything to spread how evil McCain is.
navycsAug 22, 2008
Title 10 of the US Code nor Admiral Mullen's letter (It even states the letter was to "uniformed Soldiers") would apply to either candidate (or any civilian for that matter) when it describes how a military member cannot campaign or even express their world view in public WHILE IN UNIFORM. BTW, "floating names" from generals and admirals for VP or even implying certain admirals and generals have a certain political stance is not new.
imperialromeAug 23, 2008
Nominating a General for veep is not "politicizing" the military. That alone deserves bury/inaccurate status.Politicizing the military would be screening out Generals and line officers for promotion due to their political affiliations, and selecting force commanders for assignments based on their political reliability. Politicizing the military would also be "encouraging" those under your command to vote for a Party of a particular candidate. If you cant get your definitions right and you have no perspective, then you must belong to ThinkProgress (UnthinkPropaganda).