When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.
In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform.
“Being that the Marine Corps can be sent anywhere in the world with the snap of his fingers, nobody has confidence in this guy as commander in chief,” said one lance corporal who asked not to be identified.
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Brad Littlefield
January 3, 2009, 9:43am
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This is not surprising to me considering the statements that Obama made during the campaign regarding cuts to the defense budget and elimination of weapons systems (including the "militarization of space").
It is my hope that the sentiment expressed in this poll by the members of our armed forces does not result in a reduction to the number of brave Americans who volunteer for military service and who place their lives on the line in defense of liberty.
S: (n) pacifism, pacificism, passivism (the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable) S: (n) pacifism, pacificism (the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration)
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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