But Mr. Bush, you have hidden behind the General’s skirts, and today you have hidden behind the skirts of ‘the planted last question’ at a news conference, to indicate once again that your presidency has been about the tilted playing field, about no rules for your party in terms of character assassination and changing the fabric of our nation, and no right for your opponents or critics to as much as respond.
That, sir, is not only un-American — it is dictatorial.
And in pimping General David Petraeus, sir, in violation of everything this country has been assiduously and vigilantly against for 220 years, you have tried to blur the gleaming radioactive demarcation between the military and the political, and to portray your party as the one associated with the military, and your opponents as the ones somehow antithetical to it.
You did it again today, sir, and you need to know how history will judge the line you just crossed.
Some good history in there too of various past politicizations (MacArthur, McClellan, LeMay, etc) A DailyKos diary also has video of Kieth's discussion of the issue with Dana Milbank, which is also pretty good.
Finally, this reminded me of a film I stumbled across recently about the Christianization of the Air Force Academy, which is of the same theme. The film, "Constantine's Sword," comes from the book of the same name, and focuses on Christianity's historical violence, especially against Jews. But it also talk about this issue: the re-making of the US military as a sectarian force. It's going to be trouble inside the country once we finally do pull out of Iraq. Oh, and here are some of the culprits: Force Ministries. (Warning: cheesy action-movie music)
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