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Thread #74533   Message #1301655
Posted By: Jeri
20-Oct-04 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK troops to win US election for Bush?
Subject: RE: BS: UK troops to win US election for Bush?
Let me get this straight, SRS says a friend in the Nat' Guard reports that the prevailing view in her unit is they don't like Bush or the war. You say it's not their job to question orders. These are two completely different things, Doug! She's talking about opinions and you're talking about actions. She's talking about what is, and you're talking about the way you think things should be.

It is their right and their duty to VOTE. Orders they have to follow or suffer the consequences.

It is also a soldier's duty to inform their commanders of problems. It's their commanders' duty to pass it up the chain. At the level where decisions are made (for this one, the Commander in Chief), it's their duty to listen and make decisions based on everything they know, including what problems are reported up the chain of command. This commander doesn't seem to be listening, or he's not doing enough about problems he's hearing about.

If you're saying soldiers don't have a right to complain or hold opinons contrary to the President's, I'd suggest it's you who don't have as much knowledge of the way the military is today as you think you do.