My answer to this is that any servicemenber should not openly criticize the decisions and policies of the Commander in Chief. I don’t see why there is any ambiguity about it. You do not openly criticize the orders or policies of your leadership. Now your chain of command is not perfect. They are human just like you and I and we all make mistakes. We have all made regrettable decisions.
The troop in question here is a Marine Sergeant who set up a facebook page criticizing President Obama’s health care plan. I am not advocating this plan in any way, but lets remember its not his alone.
Sergeant when you issue an order to your subordinates do you let them tell you how stupid it is? Do you allow members of your unit to openly criticize you? Remember you are saying that it is their right to do so by your actions. Has every decision that you have ever made been perfect?
I once had a marine friend who told me that the attitude of the Corps was this; “Even if we feel that our Commander has not made the best decision we will execute it so well that we will make it work.” What happened to that attitude? Has the Corps changed that much in recent years?
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