Should the armed forces have some sort of intellectual litmus test?
I know of a few "libs" in the armed forces. They are openly critical, bordering on disrespectful, of the President and the GWOT (the usual WMDs / dumbya / etc). However, they seem to do their jobs, which in the private sector is all that matters.
However - it seems to me that in the Armed Forces, it should be different.
Should there be intellectual "bents" that, at a minimum, hiner a career / term of service?
The first item that comes to mind, again, *to me*, is that one must be dead set against anything that is counter to national sovereignty. Example - advocating that the US subject it’s defense actions, once attacked, to UN review.
To me, this seems natural; if you favor the US going hat-in-hand to the UN, you ought not be tasked with supporting and defending the Const. against foreign and domestic enemies - it’s a conflict of interest, to me.
So, in the hopes of stirring up some commentary, an I insane? Or onto something?
**Disclosure** I’ve never served. Lord knows I’ve tried, but Uncle Sam REALLY likes retinas with healthy histories.
February 27th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Bad, bad, bad idea. Too many things associated with the military are already political footballs, we don’t need another (imagine every incoming administration rewriting the “litmus test” to suit their ideology).