Yesterday I heard Glenn Beck ask where the military whistleblowers were over this debacle in Benghazi.
He couldn't understand how soldiers could be willing to die in the desert for their country, but unwilling to stand up and face the ruination of their careers for the principles that same country was founded on.
I have an answer for him.
The officials you, Mr. Beck, are calling on to exercise manly courage are in large part political eunichs.
In today's military one does not rise to the rank of general or admiral unless he or she is an exceptionally adept political chameleon. Sicophants and the luke-warm are the successful career soldiers of the day. Therefore, as it was in the days of King David, there are generals who are willing to "just follow orders" and stand by as the Urriahs of today are abandoned on the field of battle in the interest of political expediency.
There are some "top brass" who are patriotic, but there are no patriots among them. Lacking the courage needed to truly defend the Constitution they are sworn to, they cower with puffed out chests behind the label of "apolitical."
Mr. Beck, if you want to find the patriots in today's military you MUST look outside the Pentagon and to the lower ranks. The field grade officers, the noncommissioned officers and the lower enlisted ranks are full of patriots who would and will give their lives for the principles of liberty and in defense of the Constitution.
But those are the men and women who have no chance at promotion into the now-politicized ranks of general officers.
And so, Glenn, you won't find a single soul who will put their career on the line for Ambassador Stevens and his small security detail who fought for seven hours on 11 September of this year, keeping faith with each other and with the country that ultimately betrayed them.
He couldn't understand how soldiers could be willing to die in the desert for their country, but unwilling to stand up and face the ruination of their careers for the principles that same country was founded on.
I have an answer for him.
The officials you, Mr. Beck, are calling on to exercise manly courage are in large part political eunichs.
In today's military one does not rise to the rank of general or admiral unless he or she is an exceptionally adept political chameleon. Sicophants and the luke-warm are the successful career soldiers of the day. Therefore, as it was in the days of King David, there are generals who are willing to "just follow orders" and stand by as the Urriahs of today are abandoned on the field of battle in the interest of political expediency.
There are some "top brass" who are patriotic, but there are no patriots among them. Lacking the courage needed to truly defend the Constitution they are sworn to, they cower with puffed out chests behind the label of "apolitical."
Mr. Beck, if you want to find the patriots in today's military you MUST look outside the Pentagon and to the lower ranks. The field grade officers, the noncommissioned officers and the lower enlisted ranks are full of patriots who would and will give their lives for the principles of liberty and in defense of the Constitution.
But those are the men and women who have no chance at promotion into the now-politicized ranks of general officers.
And so, Glenn, you won't find a single soul who will put their career on the line for Ambassador Stevens and his small security detail who fought for seven hours on 11 September of this year, keeping faith with each other and with the country that ultimately betrayed them.
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