Do generals not have to read or obey the UCMJ these days? Seems to be a growing phenomena, and I haven’t heard much talk of courtmartials like we would have even 5 years ago.
My initial comment above referred to the general’s professionalism, and the appropriateness of that sort of political comment from a man in uniform. I’m sure there’s great frustration - but as of right now these calls are being effectively countered by the media. With some exceptions that fall mostly along party lines, the media has succeeded in convincing the American people that Obama has already released his BC - which makes those calling for its release seem crazy.
The media is going to keep saying “but Obama’s birth certificate has been on the net, visible to all, for the last 2 years! Stupid, stupid birthers.”
The whole Certificate of Live Birth just goes over people’s heads. Recently on Pollster they did a piece about a CNN survey looking at the ‘birther’ issue, and the author was kind enough to include an image of the Certificate of Live Birth, with a heading saying “see, here’s a copy of the Birth Certificate right now!”
They just count on people being stupid. That’s all there is to it. If the actual Birth Certificate was produced this argument would have been over before it even started. And if the actual Birth Certificate was already available why would the administration continue fighting its release in court?
It would be frustrating to me if I believed this was a mistake - that the media are just stupid and believe their own stories. But I don’t believe its a mistake, rather a purposeful mis-representation that they probably see as a “white lie” because Americans just don’t understand anything without the media to let them know what they should think.
More states need to introduce laws requiring ACTUAL birth certificates. Then when Obama finally does produce a birth certificate (or doesn’t) the media will be in the position of having to explain why they were reporting he’d already released it. And if it DOES show anything questionable - well, then they get to explain that too.
It’s very dispiriting all in all.
I hate to see military men damaging their careers over this - and its just not appropriate. They’re there to follow orders and keep their political opinions, at least where the media is involved, to themselves. And that’s what they should do.
Do generals not have to read or obey the UCMJ these days? Seems to be a growing phenomena, and I haven’t heard much talk of courtmartials like we would have even 5 years ago.
Just because you haven’t heard of many court martials doesn’t mean that they aren’t happening every single day. The media tend not to cover them unless they are really dealing with sensational issues.
Court martials tend to be much less exciting viewing or hearing than civilian trials.