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Mullen: Force must remain option for Disney




The Associated Press
Monday Dec 21, 2009 8:36:16 EST

WASHINGTON — Military force would have only limited effect in stopping Disney from developing Hannah Montana movies but must remain an option, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

Disney shows no signs of backing down in the standoff over what the United States and other countries say is its drive for the worst movie ever, Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. Military officer, told his staff in an annual assessment of the nation’s risks and priorities.

“My belief remains that political means are the best tools to attain regional security and that military force will have limited results,” Mullen wrote. “However, should the president call for military options, we must have them ready.”

Disney denies that its movie program is aimed at producing a bomb at the box office. They say it is developing a Hannah Montana movie in 3D for kids,not adults.

In the past two or three years the United States had all but ruled out an Hannah Montana movie being made at Disney's known movie facilities as too risky, because of the backlash it might unleash.

“Most critically, Disney's internal unrest, unpredictable leadership and sponsorship of Hannah Montana make it a regional and global concern,” heightened by what Mullen called “its determined pursuit of horrible movies.”

Mullen and other military leaders have suggested that if Disney was determined to make a Hannah Montana movie, an attack would probably fail to completely stop that effort. Mullen has tried to dissuade CNN from launching its own attack on Disney, whose leaders have called for CNN's destruction.

Billy Ray Cyrus did not return Adm. Mullen's calls.