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Top US General Blasts Ex-Officers for Attacking Obama
AFP ^ | Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Posted on 08/21/2012 4:32:35 PM PDT by kristinn

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — US military chief General Martin Dempsey denounced ex-officers Tuesday for waging a campaign against President Barack Obama, arguing that soldiers had a duty to stay above the political fray.

Wading into a potential minefield during a hotly contested White House race, Dempsey voiced his disapproval of a group of retired military members and CIA officers who have accused Obama of spilling sensitive national security details to help secure his re-election.

Asked if the group's criticism was valid or useful, Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he would not comment on the substance of their allegations.

But he added: "As to the latter, is it useful? No, it's not useful. It's not useful to me."

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KEYWORDS: dempsey; general; jcs; martindempsey; military; obama; opsec; traitor
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To: kristinn
Wading into a potential minefield during a hotly contested White House race, Dempsey voiced his disapproval of a group of retired military members and CIA officers who have accused Obama of spilling sensitive national security details to help secure his re-election.

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Unacceptable. Retired military and CIA have the right to free speech.

21 posted on 08/21/2012 4:42:02 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: max americana

The top comrade is following orders. The civilians should call him a communist running dog.


22 posted on 08/21/2012 4:42:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for Zero. Someone else did that.)
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To: G Larry

And Kennedy, and Carter, and Bush 41, and McCain, and Kerry....

Get it?


23 posted on 08/21/2012 4:42:45 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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To: kristinn

Hey General,

I’ve fully and wholly enjoyed exercising my 1st Amendment freedoms after serving over 20 years to defend them for others.

Once we hang up the uniform, we become CITIZENS again. Understood?

Your comments are duly noted, “sir”.


24 posted on 08/21/2012 4:44:13 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: BenLurkin

My thoghts exactly. Plus Andrew Jackson, U.S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Ike, G.H.W. Bush, John McCain, and a host of others. Maybe the good General could take his own advice and stop shilling for Obama.


25 posted on 08/21/2012 4:44:25 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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To: kristinn
"he would not comment on the substance of their allegations."

That helps confirm the charges, IMO.

26 posted on 08/21/2012 4:44:55 PM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: kristinn

We have a military subordinate to civilian leadership, we do not have a military obsequious to civilian leadership.

I will take this as your resignation, Dempsey.


27 posted on 08/21/2012 4:45:27 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (6 November, 2012, the day our embarrassment is sent back to Kenya.)
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To: kristinn

Just how many former military officers actually did become President?

Let’s see, just off the top of my head:

George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
U. S. Grant
Andy Jackson
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor


28 posted on 08/21/2012 4:45:49 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: kristinn

Of course it’s not useful to him. How friggin’ obvious, General.


29 posted on 08/21/2012 4:45:56 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Never on my watch

That is a very good point.


30 posted on 08/21/2012 4:46:08 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: BenLurkin

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“When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen,” from then-Gen. George Washington’s June 26, 1775, letter to the Provincial Congress is inscribed inside the apse.
Ref
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/amphitheater.html
Note: The above quote was a favorite of Col David (Perfumed Princes) Hackworth USA (Ret.) (now deceased)

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“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.”
-Davy Crockett (unsourced)
Ref
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett

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31 posted on 08/21/2012 4:46:42 PM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: freeangel

He’s got it backwards, since he’s the one who’s active duty and ought to keep his mouth shut.


32 posted on 08/21/2012 4:46:47 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: kristinn

General General, really? You fight for the constitution and higher powers... Obama may be your commander, but if he is such a Queer star for you to die for in his arms, why don’t you come out the fracking fascist closet, Dempsey?

By the way, I did not renew my military stay because of queer leaders like Dempsey.


33 posted on 08/21/2012 4:47:37 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: kristinn
"General Martin Dempsey"

Moron on duty.

34 posted on 08/21/2012 4:47:43 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: kristinn

A perfumed princess sitting on his Pentagon throne? Gen. Martin, they now happen to be civilians and you’re in the active service so how about you stay out of politics by keeping your politics to yourself. So take your own advice.


35 posted on 08/21/2012 4:48:16 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: kristinn
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjtzaZ0zqpj2cw5JB-_3-39YrzuN91AvPRo3stOP8UGcix-iKrMHA7ioXi

General Dhimmitude will now be given the People's Army Liberation People's Medal, for his bravery in squashing the Tea Party Rebellion.

All you other Military offices better follow his example.

(or else......)

36 posted on 08/21/2012 4:48:16 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Normalcy results in the creation of life, Sodomy results in AIDS)
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To: spunkets

Humpty Dumpsey


37 posted on 08/21/2012 4:48:48 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: kristinn

The headline should read: “Political hack, General Dempsey, says veterans should stay out of politics.”


38 posted on 08/21/2012 4:49:37 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: dfwgator

They guy has a good service record, but Washington has a way of changing people as we all know. This guy ought to be on the side of the troops, not the Leaker in Chief.


39 posted on 08/21/2012 4:49:56 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: kristinn

He’s what we call a “Regular Army Clown.”


40 posted on 08/21/2012 4:50:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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