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Originally Posted by Zachstar
The "Fired for speaking his mind" argument is completely bunk.
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I haven't been following this topic very closely for one simple reason. When you wear the uniform, you are never, at any time, allowed to make political statements in the public, or openly critcise the commander in chief, ragardless of rank. Pretty sure there's an article in the UCMJ on this. They beat you upside the head with this in basic training, a General should know better.
Not to mention another little tidbid.... you don't have to respect the man, but you do have to respect his rank. The president, any president, outranks everyone in every branch of the armed forces. As a General, he should have known to watch his P's and Q's because everything he says is repeated over a wide audience due to his rank.
So.. whatever... the General should have known better than to make a stupid E-1/ E-2 mistake of not knowing when to keep your mouth shut.