A family member is a retired brigadier general who worked in Europe and in the Pentagon. He refuses to discuss Rumsfeld or the war directly, even though it is evident from other things he says that he does not like the war. He believes, however, that it is inappropriate for military men, whether active or retired, to break ranks to publicly support one political side or the other (whether they are opposed to Rumsfeld or support him). That is not one of the duties of a soldier, and politics is not his battlefield.
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Jack's happy days will soon be gone,
To return again, oh never!
For they've raised his pay five cents a day,
But they've stopped his grog forever.
For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
But tomorrow we'll be sober.
- "Farewell to Grog"
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