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I did a post here highlighting reactions to the election from troops abroad. Some were in Afghanistan, some were in Iraq.
Scott Kesterson - a journalist embedded with troops in Afghanistan - writes at the Huffington Post about a few soldiers and officers reactions to President-Elect Obama's win on Election Day - "The Other Side of Paradise." Their responses did not go over too well with Sean Gilfillan (an Iraq Vet). So he responded (also at the Huffington Post), stating that although President-Elect Obama is not the Commander in Chief of the military yet, speaking out against the President is in direct violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 88 which states that:
"any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, the secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the governor or legislature of any state, territory, commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."Then he goes off on a pointless tirade, as if Obama IS President, branding these soldiers as breaking the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Well Scott's post has received a large amount of comments and the troop bashing continues.
From cardineau: Its amazing how all of these right wing military types think that because they are in a foreign war, their judgement is somehow superior to the millions of veterans who have "been there and done that". Blindly supporting McCain because he is ex-military, is equivalent to support for another ex-military leader … Hitler in world war two.
From silentknight65: I remember from history that Hitler's troops were fed propoganda and believed it enough to slaughter 6 million Jews, not to mention marching blindly into the Russian winter to their deaths. So goes the Bush war propoganda machine.....making our troops feel abandoned before the new President even has a chance to support them.
From MJinCanada: ... For centuries, successful military organizations indoctrinated their soldiers by alienating them from normal society, instilling a sense of superiority, and dehumanizing the enemy. How else can you make decent ordinary guys kill other decent ordinary guys they personally wouldn't have a quarrel with?
From DKLabRat :Yeah, but given how often they voted in Bush and now, it seems, would have preferred McCain, who wanted to continue the war - you have to wonder do they actually want to be with their families? It seems from their voting patterns and who they support that they are keen to remain at war. Perhaps they enjoy the excitement and male bonding. Beats having to deal with whining kids and trudging around the supermarket with the wife, I guess.
From rbarthjr: F–k these politically ignorant racist pieces of s–t. Democracy requires a well-informed citizenry — of which the military is a part — and the election of Obama reflects that at least 52% of the US is a hell of a lot more informed than this tiny sample of presumably white officers.
From Kiabell04: Wow, those guys are really disrespectfulAnd it goes on and on.
Scott does a follow-up post at Bouhammer and talks with CJ at You Served Talk Radio
