08.31.07
What is going on with the military?
The military seems to be becoming more and more involved in politics. This is ominous. Once the military starts taking political positions and undertaking political actions, the possibility of a military coup (”just until we can stabilize the country and re-align public opinion”) starts to loom.
1) General Petraeus wrote a political op-ed just before the last presidential election, apparently to help Bush. Now Petraeus is campaigning in Australia, including making false and misleading statements, to help a Bush ally.
2) The military is passing out “smear” bios of Democrats who visit the Green Zone. These bios include false statements and are highly slanted.
3) As already blogged, the military is blocking access to ThinkProgress.org because of its politics, while continuing to allow access to the National Review and Fox news.
Bush should put a stop to this sort of thing immediately, but of course Bush is the guy behind firing the US Attorneys who were insufficiently political.
