A take on Rich Lowry’s latest take.
ONLY IN ENGLAND: The Church of Englad will allow its priests to marry their partners under Britain’s looming civil partnership provisions, civil marriage in all but name. But they will have to promise they’re not having sex. Of course, if they’ve been married for many years, that might not be such a sacrifice.
ANOTHER DEMOTION: A longstanding general with a largely exemplary career gets a quick exit from the military, with a reduced rank. Hmmm:
]W]hat cost Riggs his star? His Pentagon superiors said he allowed outside contractors to perform work they were not supposed to do, creating “an adverse command climate.” But some of the general’s supporters believe the motivation behind his demotion was politics. Riggs was blunt and outspoken on a number of issues and publicly contradicted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by arguing that the Army was overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan and needed more troops.
“They all went bat-shit when that happened,” recalled retired Army Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner, a one-time Pentagon adviser who ran reconstruction efforts in Iraq in the spring of 2003. “The military part of [the defense secretary’s office] has been politicized. If [officers] disagree, they are ostracized and their reputations are ruined.”
Not a way to win a war. But then we knew that already, didn’t we?
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