This issue goes way beyond Obama, though he has certainly made it far worse. The military services are now firmly under the control of civilian political appointees who view their role in DoD to implement the political social policies of the Administration. They could care less about the role of the Defense Department in the defense of the nation. Working hand in hand with them are often the military members of the force who have never fired a shot in anger and never will.
I believe that the JAG Corps of each of the services have gotten out of control and are fast becoming the de facto political commissars of our military. They are trained in today’s far left wing law schools and come directly into the service as lawyers to implement their progressive brand of social justice. They bear considerable watching.
Well said!
When large government entities acquire LARGE legal departments with hundreds of lawyers on staff the “arrogance” and ignorance of their acquired powers float to the top with sometimes lethal results.
The Army is one example. Austin is another. It took me 3 jury trials (criminal) to beat Austin on a dispute over regulations in an ECM manual (environmental control manual) that did not even exist.
3 separate jury trials over 3 years and each time the liberal Austin Citizen Jury Members were even repulsed at their liberal City’s arrogance on trying to force someone to obey rules that did not even exist. So, they (the juries) voted not quilty 3 times. Please note that’s liberal Austin juries voting 3 times for a conservative Austin Developer.
Cost to the City bureaucrats for pursuit of their personal vendetta, NOTHING! Cost to me, HUNDREDS OF WASTED HOURS of my life and $35,000.00 in atty fees.
The Army’s Jag Corp, and all services Jag Corps are dangerous (ROE’s kill our soldiers!) and should be abolished and their work spread out and diffused over all 50 states using sub contracts to local law firms. Most law offices are starving for “paying clients” and good deals could be made for the taxpayers by experienced persons knowledgable about millions of dollars in legal fees (me).
Arrogating this much power to a bunch of young lawyers typically gathered in a few locations around the country needs to end!