Unceremonious end to Army career (More examples of * supporting troops)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.riggs29may29,1,2860514.story?coll=bal-home-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

Looks like this guy might fight back. He was basically drummed out of the Army after he complained that we were stretched too thin in Iraq and Afghanistan. It scares me that you can't tell the truth to these pricks in Washington without risking your life, or career. We really are becoming a third world country.

"WASHINGTON - John Riggs spent 39 years in the Army, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during the Vietnam War and working his way up to become a three-star general entrusted with creating a high-tech Army for the 21st century.

But on a spring day last year, Riggs was told by senior Army officials that he would be retired at a reduced rank, losing one of his stars because of infractions considered so minor that they were not placed in his official record.

Instead, Riggs went to a basement room at Fort Myer, Va., and signed some mandatory forms. Then a young sergeant mechanically presented him with a flag and a form letter of thanks from President Bush."

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"But some of the general's supporters believe the motivation behind his demotion was politics. Riggs was blunt and outspoken on a number of issues and publicly contradicted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by arguing that the Army was overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan and needed more troops. "They all went bat s- - when that happened," recalled retired Army Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner, a one-time Pentagon adviser who ran reconstruction efforts in Iraq in the spring of 2003. "The military part of has been politicized. If disagree, they are ostracized and their reputations are ruined."

Those that don't kiss the brass asses have brief careers.

Prostitution may be the oldest profession, but the military is undoubtedly the first corrupt one.

but many a time I've said;

"The Navy, It's Not Just a Job, it's a Blow-Job"

or

"The Navy, it's not the best f*ck I've ever had, but it sure is the longest"

With that said; I still refer to the words of John F Kennedy:

"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile...can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, 'I served in the United States Navy'"

"Go Navy, Beat Army"