Decius wrote:
] k wrote:
] ] I thought it was bad enough letting Fox and Clear Channel buy
] ] up as many stations as they could afford. From this article
] ] it clearly sounds like those heading up the Armed Forces
] ] Networks are taking sides and forcing their views on the
] ] troops and their families.
] ]
] ] Gee, wasn't there a movie made about this?
]
] I'm not sure how I think about this.

[ Just for the record, that part of the comment wasn't me, but the original poster. Of course, if that's the case, i should've recommended it with my own words, instead of leaving intact, so I guess in a sense i let them be mine.

I'll clarify here tho... I don't think, necessarily, that anything should be explicitly forbidden from the soldiers in the field, and i don't think anything should be implicitly sanctioned by way of no options.

There are considerations regarding commentary which undermines morale or calls into question the chain of command. I guess my feeling there is that these are adults, and if hearing Rush slander Clinton or Al Franken demonize Bush is going to undermine your oaths, then perhaps soldiering wasn't for you in the first place. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, and I know there's a lot to be said for positive reinforcement, but I think it should come through other avenues, or, at least, i think it should be *available* through other avenues.

If you like Rush, fine, listen to Rush, but there should be an alternative for those soldiers who'd prefer not to hear the slavering of comfortable political animals back home (of either ideology) while they're being shot at. -k]

RE: Rush Limbaugh's forced conscripts