Former President Ford On Being Revolted By Generals
Jerry Ford issued a pretty strongly worded statement about the retired generals:
"Allowing retired generals to dictate our country's policies and its leadership would be a dangerous precedent that would severely undermine our country's long tradition of civilian control of the military," Ford said.
"It would discourage civilian leaders at the (Defense) Department from having frank and candid exchanges with military officers. And, today, at a time of war, such an effort sends exactly the wrong message both to our troops deployed abroad and to our enemies who are watching for any signs of weakness or self-doubt."
Anyone who has been reading this blog since these guys started yapping knows that this has been been out position here all along. One thing that is interesting; notice that talk about these guys died out almost as suddenly as it started? Maybe the media figured out pretty fast that there is something wrong about the whole thing. It's also noteworthy that despite Holbooke's prediction last week, there have not been other joining the chorus.
H/T to Betsy Newmark for finding this.
Update: AP link.
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