I would love to know how Clinton was able to force those soldiers to smile the way they are. The seem to
ME to genuinely be smiling, and enjoying his company.... go figure.
The quote "I loathe the military" was taken out of context. The context was he loathed the military establishment that was sending young men to a war that he realized as unnecessary and immoral.
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The November 14, 1997 Arizona Republic features an interesting article written by Wall Street Journal writer Thomas E. Ricks. The title of his piece is "Military is becoming more conservative, political." In it, Mr. Ricks makes his case by revealing that the ratio of conservatives to liberals in the military has grown from 4-1 in 1976 to 23-1 now. He says only 3% of senior military officers say they are even "somewhat liberal," compared with 27% for civilian elites.
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You just reiterate what I already said. Officers are Republicans, if any party at all. That piece is a survey of
officers
What about soldiers?
The morale right now is at an all time low. With the engagement of a useless occupation plus learning that their benefits are being cut across the board.
There isn't much love for Bush in the rank and file.
Generally there was alot of distrust for Clinton during his term, but many soldiers are realizing now just how good they had it under him as opposed to Bush.
I can also find quotes from recently retired Gen. Zinni in which he lambastes Bush, not for stupid reasons like "gay-loving" and "pot-smoking"
(...cokehead bush...)
But for the way that Bush has mishandled the military.
That whole thing from Campbell, nothing but character smears. Nothing in there that actually attacks his merits.