[bgill]

To our great credit, officers beginning with General Washington have declined to get involved in politics without first taking off their uniform. May God help us if that tradition ever changes.

Oh, well, then Colin Powell, who was on The Hill as early as '72, was just a figment of my imagination.

[centurion316]

Military officers have a long history of involvement with government. In Powell’s case that started when he was a White House Fellow as a young Major and worked with Casper Weinberger at HUD. But, government is different than politics those the distinction certainly gets blurred. Powell has been accused of crossing the line between government and politics and I think that the criticism is fair.

[bvw]

Yeah, not to mention the perfumed prince whats-his-name.