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Originally Posted by DeepSix
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Not from here. I was wrong and you called me on it.
Back to the chain of command thing. What if the chain of command doesn't work? What do you do then? Active duty don't want to hear it.
The Chief of Staff before Myers was an example of what happens if you disagree with Rumsfeld. Do you just shut up?
What avenues are open to them? Should they say "Oh well I tried" and go about their business or do you go to the only avenue left and that is to go public. Nobody has been able to answer that question.
Thats why I keep on saying it's a moral issue.
Never once in the eighteen and a half years I served did I have to question an order. I would like to think if there was something wrong I would have the honor and the courage to speak up.
To the political animal I know that honor and courage is not in their vocabulary. You serve your country and those legally appointed over you. But you do not do so blindly.