Monday, May 25, 2009

IN case you were wondering...

I need to post a disclaimer. Some folks have mentioned via other media (emails, facebook, etc.) that I should comment on the Norks (aka North Korea) nuclear test, Iran's little ship trick and how our current President is reacting. I have the following comment on this:

No comment.

You heard me. I have an opinion on this, but since this site has made it fairly clear that I am a serving member of the armed forces this site isn't a place for me to be mouthing off about it. I may not always agree with the POTUS and what he decides to do, but he is the boss and it is unprofessional to shoot my mouth off in a manner that undercuts him. There is a regulation on this and it is against that reg to be talking bad about the C in C. It can (and does) get violated, but usually in private or in the form of standard grumbling (Cripes, the POTUS is sending us WHERE? I gotta deploy in 2 weeks?, etc.) I may send an email to a relative or friend discussing it, but it will be with the understanding that it is a private conversation and not for public consumption.

BLUF: (uh, Bottom Line Up Front) I'll leave the political commentary out of this blog when the politics deals with the President. I have buds who do better on this than me, so I'll stick to my own area. I will hit on politics, but on areas outside the chain of command. It will usually be in a post that deals with high level strategy or operations (such as getting the State Department and Defense to work together and plan joint ops, a major topic of debate as this is a very common issue), or on more domestic stuff such as local laws, stuff dealing with the US Constitution and its amendments and the like.

And just to mention it: the Norks are Dorks, all this did was give more juice to the Missile Defense System bubbas.

3 comments:

  1. Oh yeah, one other item on this. Congress is not covered under this reg. So I can harp on them all I want.

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  2. Oh good; they're really harp-worthy lately, and you give good rant. :)

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  3. Yeah, can't argue with that one.

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