[midwest_hiker]

Just read an article titled “The Military Speaks Out... at news America.Org. Hundreds of officers 3 star and above that spoke out against Drumpf. ... The Military Speaks Out
Serving and Retired U.S. Military Leaders’ Views about the Drumpf Administration..
Not 1 was punished and almost all were praised.

The difference is staggering

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Retired officers speaking out has always been treated differently. Active duty...Vindemann was a weasel who knew how to take advantage of a claim of whistleblowing, and did it under the shield of passing info to Congress. Scheller, in contrast, just charged straight into that machine gun without getting any cover or concealment. Didn't give any help to those who might otherwise have tried to defend him.

You just can't say the stuff he said repeatedly, and in uniform. There were other ways that he might have been able to get away with it -- he just chose the worst.