Soldiers weblog: This makes me sick!!

[jab105]

I have been reading this every few days, don't know if anyone else mentioned todays blog yet, but this makes me SICK!!

http://turningtables.blogspot.com/

i've speaking with an ex-navy seal who now holds political office...we first started our dialog with a barrage of hate mail...he thought i was an ill informed ignoramus and i thought he was a neo con artist...but once we got past that we started debating on the issues at hand with a good deal of level headed discussion...

he feels that as a soldier i should keep quite about all of my political beliefs...i, as a soldier, feel that i do have the right of free speech with in the realm of the army...there are things that i can not speak about...my chain of command...the president...their decisions...and the like...

he brought up a point that i was curious about...although i have spoken to jag (military attorneys) and i know that i am safe in the eyes of military law as long as i do not step out of the realm of the military...i was not sure what the ethical dilemma of speaking out really consists of...i know what i am allowed to say but what should i say...

he believes that we (the military) are allowed to have views but we should not make them known...we are ambassadors of america and we should act as such...we should support our government no matter what kind of decisions they make...

i, on the other hand, believe that we are entitled to our (americans) right of free speech...as long as we (the military) do not step out of the realm of the military...i feel that the members of the military do not make their voices heard enough...we are the silent fighters...because the majority of us do not pay attention to the decisions that are made for us in the capital...

i actually have been performing an 'experiment'...i've been asking random soldiers who the vice president of the united states is...a very simple question...but i found a surprising answer...the majority of those i asked did not know the answer nor do they care...this is bad...our lives are at stake...our country as well...and we do not even pay attention...we have a voice...but we do not choose to use it...


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[jab105]

1. I'm giving myself a kick!

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