Is everyone else getting sick of all the "armchair generals" that have started working for the news networks??
Early this morning (3:00 A.M. or so) I was watching one of the news programs on the war. The network had a guy on who was only a former Major (not Major General, but a plain old "gold leaf" Major.) He was commenting on the oil "pit" fires that were set around the city of Baghdad. His comment was around the fact that the fires were not that significant. He indicated "if they had wanted to make the fires significant - hotter and more intense, they should have put some tires into the pits." Jeez, this stuff gets under my skin. Why are the networks recruiting these military "have beens" in an attempt to paint certain pictures? Plus, the comments that this ex-Major made could have been used against us. Who's to say that the next oil pit fires that get lit won't have tires in them?
I think there are times when individuals need to keep quiet. Isn't their retirement sufficient enough that they shouldn't need to get money from the networks? Maybe, the military needs to invoke a "shut the hell up clause" that retiring officers need to sign when they depart the military. I find it sad that someone can get on the news and give their off-base opinions that later could come back to haunt our forces.
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Early this morning (3:00 A.M. or so) I was watching one of the news programs on the war. The network had a guy on who was only a former Major (not Major General, but a plain old "gold leaf" Major.) He was commenting on the oil "pit" fires that were set around the city of Baghdad. His comment was around the fact that the fires were not that significant. He indicated "if they had wanted to make the fires significant - hotter and more intense, they should have put some tires into the pits." Jeez, this stuff gets under my skin. Why are the networks recruiting these military "have beens" in an attempt to paint certain pictures? Plus, the comments that this ex-Major made could have been used against us. Who's to say that the next oil pit fires that get lit won't have tires in them?
I think there are times when individuals need to keep quiet. Isn't their retirement sufficient enough that they shouldn't need to get money from the networks? Maybe, the military needs to invoke a "shut the hell up clause" that retiring officers need to sign when they depart the military. I find it sad that someone can get on the news and give their off-base opinions that later could come back to haunt our forces.
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