[BenR2]

Why should they when they have to take tongue lashings from the likes of Leaky Leahy, Neil Adercrombie, etc. and the rest of the liberal establishment who do not hold a candle to these accomplished men?

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Excuse me, but apparently you haven't heard of the tongue-lashings many of them have to endure from RUMSFELD. (And they don't like those, either.)

[caisson71]

Tongue lashings from superiors are a way of life in the military - you won't find a senior officer without hemorrhoids. However, a good tongue lashing from a COMPETENT superior doesn't smart as does one from political idiots who have been proven wrong time and again, have a very politically driven agenda (nothing to do with fact of the matter)and only aim to embarrass rather than resolve/instruct.