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A Grim Message For The Generals

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 13:00
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by Wes Pruden

There’s a reason why Barack Obama is mistrusted in the ranks of the military services. He doesn’t smell of the hive, and it shows. Bees recognize a hostile intruder when they see one, and so do soldiers, sailors and Marines.

 
 
   

Many of these soldiers, sailors and Marines feel betrayed by the senior officers of the services, beginning with the commander in chief. The old customs and traditions which have held the services together through war and peace have been scorned and trashed, replaced with the politically correct attitudes and regulations that gag real men. Even saying so is a sure way for an officer to ruin a career. The men in the ranks understand this, too.

The Army’s Center for Army Leadership at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., asked 16,800 commissioned and non-commissioned officers whether they think “the Army is headed in the right direction to prepare for the challenges of the next 10 years.” Their answers, as reported by CNS.com, ought to be enough to scare a commander in chief straight. His defense chief, too. But it won’t, because they’re exactly the men responsible for the survey results.

Only 26 percent – 1 man in 4 – say they think the Army is on track to continue as the scourge of evildoers who yearn to do the republic ill. Nearly 40 percent say the service is headed in the wrong direction, and 36 percent say they don’t have an opinion (and no doubt if they did, they’re smart enough to keep it to themselves).

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  • President Obama, has the highest ratings of respect from the rank and file military members, since President Eisenhauer. In fact the military voted over 70% in favour of Obama.

    So….apparently you are having some issues with trying to state facts…..lol

    • speaking of issues.. perhaps you may want to pause to consider carefully what you issue as fact. you might realize then, the absurdity of your own statement rather than printing revisionist propaganda.

  • WHO are you? Where and WHEN did you get your facts. You Sir are VERY VERY wrong.

    Just sayin,,, hes never ever had 70 % :mrgreen:

  • Spent 20 years in the Army. Knew better than to answer surveys. They always know who said what.

  • any poles taken are of only a very small percent of the populace in question. So if it says 70%, it is 70% of maybe 1000, not the hundreds of thousands. Anyone who studies statistics knows this.

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