Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey scolds veterans over anti-Obama documentary

[Eugene]

Source: New York Daily News

BY KRISTEN A. LEE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012, 7:55 AM

The nation’s top military official scolded a group of veterans for criticizing President Obama in a new online documentary, saying in an interview that he is “disappointed” by their partisan comments.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said the anti-Obama comments are “not useful” when asked about the documentary during an interview with Fox News while flying back to the U.S. from the Middle East.

“One of the things that marks us as a profession in a democracy – in our form of democracy – that’s most important is that we remain apolitical,” Dempsey said. “That’s how we maintain our bond of trust with the American people. The American people don’t want us to be another special interest group.”

In “Dishonorable Disclosures,” the documentary released online last week, a group of former special operations and intelligence members slam Obama for taking credit for the death of Osama bin Laden.

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[maddezmom]

1. thank you Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey

[dtmfman]

2. obama took credit? omfg...

I'm the first one to thank military for their service. Once out of the military...they can voice their opinions freely. It doens't make them anti American...or anti anything else...that is of course UNLESS what they're saying is a complete fabrication. Then it becomes political bull shit....

President Obama gave PLENTY of credit to the seal team....the MEDIA did most of the "giving' credit to Obama...

It's one thing to have an opinion...it's completely another to just make shit up....

[riderinthestorm]

3. Rush Limbaugh's hate speech is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio for gawd's sake!

The Air Force is an evangelical "church" with guns....

While I think the faux documentary by the ex-servicemen is wrong-headed and filled with mis-information, I think Gen Dempsey should be working to ensure the current military is more "apolitical" instead of going after (now) civilians who speak their mind.

It would go a long way towards stopping future problems if they'd just address what's going on now in the services...

[mucifer]

4. That's not true Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann and I'm not sure who else is on

armed forces radio.

[riderinthestorm]

5. You're right! I just looked it up. That's great news! nt

[Bandit]

12. Doesn't make it better, it still politicizes the Military.

It makes no difference which politics one professes, when they try and use their position to politicize the troops it is wrong....IMO

[Dustlawyer]

6. While not risking his life, he risked his Presidency and his life after with being known as the

President who failed and got the Seals killed, and/or started a war with Pakistan... Yeah, he did nothing!

[DallasNE]

8. The Problem With The "Now Civilians"

Is not that they are now civilians but that they stake their entire credibility on their prior service from several years ago. I am thankful for their service as I hope you are for mine but I would never make a claim today based on my military service and neither should these civilians. While one of them once served in Navy Seal Team Six and knew their methods and procedures at that time, he has no specific insider knowledge on this particular operation -- not even leaks from current members -- so his prior service is meaningless when it comes to what he wrote about the bin Laden operation. In fact, nearly everything written has been debunked as false and what hasn't been most likely will once it has been fully checked out. So, yes, let them speak their mind but not let them shame those still in the military or intelligence service with false charges of corruption for leaks or worse. A hatchet job is a hatchet job and hiding behind prior military service is a disservice to those in the service and that is basically what Gen. Dempsey was saying.

[wordpix]

10. is Democracy Now broadcast there? If not, servicemen are only getting one lying side of the story

[all american girl]

7. Dempsey is a good man.

[DavidL]

9. Since Dempsey said this on Fox, I'm sure

Fox will only bring it up and replay Dishonorable Disclosures 10-20 times more before the RNC, and a few times that week, too!

[southernyankeebelle]

11. Isn't it funny the first person they would have blamed had things gone wrong would had been Obama.

They can't stand it that Obama did what he said he was going to do.

[Jeneral2885]

13. They jeopordise themselves any way

If they are ex-SEAL Team Six members moaning about the President's "gloating", aren't they themselves violoating SEAL and military protocool by making themselves known? Team Six is suppose to be the most secret of all.

[adicortez]

14. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey was right.

The comments aren't useful to the military, and yet without touting themselves as ex-Navy SEALS nobody would even listen to these insane birther ramblings.

[nanabugg]

15. You know, had these liars been touted by MSNBC or CNN there would have been public outrage against

them and the networks and the people supporting their lies but anything and anyone FOX and their surrogate talk radio hosts support is ok with the RW-funddy-GOPers.