[SATLUG] Brad Knowles insults the military

[Dennis Myhand]

Brad Knowles wrote:
> In the six years I worked at the Pentagon, I personally heard plenty of 
> cases where senior enlisted or officers felt that they were not able to 
> vote for the person of their choice, usually because that candidate was 
> out of favour with the then-current administration.
> 
> Did they get explicit orders to vote one way or the other? Not so far as 
> I know. However, many times off-hand comments belie the true nature of 
> the intentions of the commanding officers.
> 
> If you are in a given unit or office, and you know who are in one party 
> or the other, and every single person in a given party gets raises, 
> promotions, etc... and no one in the other party gets anything like 
> this, what do you honestly think your conclusion will be?
> 

I probably should keep my mouth shut on this, but that has never stopped 
me before (just ask my wife) so why let it now?  I went back and looked 
for this comment Brad was supposed to have made, and I don't think it is 
there.  I think something is being made out of this that just isn't 
there.  There is a comment against the current administration, who even 
as a republican, I do not support, but I can find no comment made 
against the military.  It looks as if much ado has been made about 
nothing.  Back to the show.  Peace, dennis

-- 
"I'd give the devil benefit of law for my own safety sake."