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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Ken Blackwell Calls for Dismissal of Army Chief of Staff General George Casey

Bill Smith, ARRA Editor - Reflects on Ken Blackwell and General Casey: First, just think - the Republican National Committee could have had Ken Blackwell (a life long conservative activist, public servant and author - credentials below) as its Chairman. Ken walks boldly in the triad of conservatism as a social, economic, or national defense conservative. Ken Blackwell developed and made public a detailed plan to put the RNC on a solid foundation. The plan was endorsed by Morton Blackwell (a life long conservative activist and president of the Leadership Institute). Ken would have been an exceptionally strong conservative voice for the RNC addressing ACORN, Czars, the Obama Administration, and the deficit producing actions by the Democrat controlled Congress. Ken continues to be on the ARRA Editor's favorites list of conservative writers.

Second, as a retired career military officer, I believe General Casey should immediately retire! When Casey placed "political correctness" as his preferred foundation verses Duty, Honor, Country, and loyalty and the protection of the troops, their families, and civilians under his command, he fulfilled the "Peter principle" and is no longer fit to command.
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by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author: We don't yet know how bad the Ft. Hood shooter's case was. We do not know -- and we must find out -- how it was possible for an Army medical officer to openly express treasonous statements and not be court-martialed. We do not know if the shooter or his family members were under surveillance by the FBI or other federal law enforcement agencies. We must soon find out.

But we do know this much: Gen. George Casey, the Army Chief of Staff, raced to the Sunday morning talk shows to express his deep concern. Gen. Casey's concern was not for American victory in the war on terror, nor for the safety of the American people, nor for the safety of U.S. military personnel. Gen. Casey's greatest concern was for diversity.

He said that if diversity were a "casualty," then it would be an even greater tragedy than the murders of fourteen innocent Americans. If we want to know how such an obvious terror threat was ignored, how such a mass killer was enabled, we need look no further than the command climate created by Gen. Casey and his politically correct subordinates.

If you are serving in a forward unit of the Army today, can you have confidence that your fellow soldier can be trusted to "have your back"? Can you sleep soundly in an Army barracks wondering whether your bunkmate might be a jihadist?  Unit cohesion is essential to any effective fighting force. Troops must trust one another when their lives are on the line. By winking at treason, Gen. Casey and his subordinates allowed Major Nidal Hasan's conduct to taint every Muslim currently serving in the U.S. military.

No one has a right to serve. Service is an honor and a privilege, but it is not a right. Colorblind people and people with heart murmurs are perfectly loyal Americans. It casts no aspersion on them or their families to be excluded from military service.  All military personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces must demonstrate their loyalty to the United States of America. When they raise their right hand and take that oath before God to protect the Constitution of the United States "from all enemies foreign and domestic," Americans have a right to expect that that oath will be enforced. No one gets a pass.

Gen. Casey has clearly failed to do this. No action could reassure our troops more in the wake of the worst case of domestic terrorism since 9/11 that national security and loyalty to the United States is the first requirement for military service than the dismissal of Gen. Casey.  Our all-volunteer military should know that even a four-star general is held to the same high standard that we expect of the lowest-ranking enlisted man or woman. From now on, it should be understood by all our serving men and women that you can report disloyal, insubordinate, and treasonous statements by anyone in the military and that that report will be acted upon promptly.

Only if this lesson is forcefully taught by the prompt, public dismissal for cause of Gen. Casey will the troops have renewed confidence that they can trust all their fellow soldiers. They must know that the United States will be loyal to them as they are loyal to the United States.  In this, as in so many things, George Washington said it best. In his historic letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport in 1790, he wrote:
[The] Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

Notice this strong pledge of respect for rights of religious minorities comes with a stern requirement: All good citizens must give their "effectual support." Can anyone say that Major Hasan -- after more than a decade of taxpayer-funded education and special treatment -- gave the United States his effectual support? Of course not.  There were warning signs aplenty. Many of the shooter's classmates and fellow officers raise concerns about this man's loyalty and reliability. The command climate created by Gen. Casey stifled those warning cries. The result is the death of innocents. Gen. Casey must be replaced as Army chief of staff.
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Mr. Ken Blackwell is a conservative family values advocate. He submitted this article to the ARRA News Service Editor which also appears in his American Thinker. Blackwell is a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and is a senior fellow at the Family Research Council and American Civil Rights Union.

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5 Comments:

Blogger Matt said...

Excellent article. I remember when the RNC Chair was being selected, many Conservatives were pulling for Blackwell. From reading this, I see why.

11/25/2009  
Anonymous Connie Adams said...

A MUST READ! Great Article and Commentary.

11/26/2009  
Anonymous Christopher Walter Fredrickson said...

Ken Blackwell, is someone I hope we see a lot more of very soon.

11/26/2009  
Anonymous Jamie Wheeler said...

What about President or VP???!!!!!!!!!!! What is his stand on The FairTax legislation?!

11/26/2009  
Anonymous Christopher Walter Fredrickson said...

The Fair Tax Jamie, is not a silver bullet, it will take 50 to 75 years to get something like that into play. And you should not be worrying about 2012 until worrying about 2010. So do nto jump ahead of yourself, my suggestion would be to look at the candidates with solutions as opposed to railing the party line, we need to stand true to our platform. But we should see how they use it as a foundation for real solutions. That is why I am hoping for either Bobby Jindal, Newt Gingrich or Ken Blackwell.

11/26/2009  

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