Taking Command By Wesley K. Clark

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Actually, Democrats and the military can get along. Here's how.


"The last time the United States elected a Democrat as its president to govern with a majority-Democratic Congress, an immediate fracas arose over gays in the military, reinforcing a partisan story line that Democrats can't be trusted with the nation's security. Sixteen years later, some will certainly be watching how deftly President-elect Barack Obama salutes, or how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid say the Pledge of Allegiance.

These are symbols, of course, but the national security challenges the nation faces now are anything but symbolic: two wars, an ongoing terrorist menace, a growing list of unmet military needs and a long roster of other threats arising from new quarters. So it's natural to ask: What do the Democrats need to understand about the military? And what does the military need to understand about the Democrats? As someone who has labored in both camps, I offer some thoughts." >>>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902750.html

[BootinUp]

1. good article.

[Stargazer09]

2. I've always like Gen. Clark

It's easy to see why. He's a smart man.