The last President who tried to silence the military was Clinton...deal with it.
darkwing, free speech is great. But doesn't the idea of the JCS sending a letter, threatening in tone, to the Post before the piece even ran strike you as more like government intimidation? You can argue that the government intimidation is appropriate, but I don't think you can argue that it is the same as mere "free speech." Indeed, under color of uniform, military speech is quite restricted.
The last President who tried to silence the military was Clinton...deal with it.
It never ceases to amaze me what liberals find "intimidating." No, I am sure that the grownups at the newspaper and all their lawyers aren't intimidated.
I must've missed the threatening tone. What did they threaten? I suspect the Joint Chiefs of Staff have a right to defend their troops and can freely express disappointment and disapprobation. That's hardly intimidation.
Of course, if the JCoS are wrong, Pelosi, Kennedy and Dean will set them straight in a trice.
What threatening tone? "Disappointed"? Your mother must have indulged you until you were spoiled rotten. Grow up.