Source: www.maggiesnotebook.com - Tuesday, August 28, 2012
I see a lot of conversation around the blogosphere about the propriety of Military rank-and-file speaking out about this administration. Getting to the general topic of the Military must NEVER criticize their Commander-in-Chief, and the long and honored history of that creed, we must face the fact that we have allowed a President to release classified information for political gain, more than once, while being so absent of leadership that the troops in the field are not allowed to protect themselves. See the video below. Obama has changed EVERYTHING. Our Pentagon has been whipped into the shape of a crescent by the leaders of Islamic countries. There is plenty of proof but the glaring example is Army Major Nidal Hasan and how the publicity about the Fort Hood massacre has been handled. Screaming “Allahu Akbar,” 14 people died on one of our largest military bases. For years, the Military brass over Hasan knew what he was. He was reported to superiors, talked about, gossiped about and nothing was done. Throughout, Hasan held a top security clearance, while communicating with a top al-Qaeda operative. Today, his lawyers have successfully delayed his trial due to the beard he has grown, in deference to his “religion,” (he as clean shaven when he murdered, as Military code mandates). The brass doesn’t have the balls to shave the terrorist on US soil. Today, neither the Pentagon nor the President has declared the killings an act of ter