Full stop.
General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with Pastor Terry Jones by phone on Wednesday and asked him to withdraw his support for a film whose portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad has sparked violent protests - including one that ended with the death of America's envoy to Libya. "In the brief call, Gen. Dempsey expressed his concerns over the nature of the film, the tensions it will inflame and the violence it will cause," Dempsey's spokesman, Colonel Dave Lapan, told Reuters.Do we really want active duty officers to encourage citizens to surrender or withdraw their Constitutional rights because foreign nationals (who are our enemy) don't like them?
Is that in the spirit of "... support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic?"
I have no use for Terry Jones - but having an Army General, in his official capacity, in uniform, pressuring a tax payer to surrender Constitutional rights, is not a nation I think I live in.
General Dempsey, General Casey (5-min mark) needs a bowling partner, give him a call.
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What do you expect from the Janet Reno of CJCSs? 18 (as he refers to himself in emails) was Obama's 4th pick. Petraeus was a threat and Cartwright and Stavridis both had zipper problems.
Cat doesn't understand the first amendment.
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