Thursday, June 06, 2002

"When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions you have to accept."

That was what General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower said about the sacking of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by President Truman in the Korean War. MacArthur had publicly disputed the president over the course of the war. So Truman fired him.

Accepting inhibitions is a lesson this Air Force officer seems not to have learned. Lt. Col. Steve Butler publicly denounced President G. W. Bush in writing in a civilian newspaper. He's been suspended from his duties and may be court-martialed.

Which sounds just fine to me. (Found the link at Eugene Volokh.)

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