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To say that I was disappointed to hear that any Marine Corp retired general and Navy Admiral signed onto a letter opposing and even supporting the Iran Nuclear Deal would be an understatement.  I am disappointed because I thought expected more.  I expected more because an enlisted man is supposed to be able to trust that they would set the example and have all of their ducks in a row before voicing any opinion whether in public or private. I am dismayed because it appears that none of them has ever really sat down and read the agreement.  I am dismayed because it appears that many of those with whom we are supposed to see as experts in their field, has decided to base their support or opposition purely on what they heard or was led to believe was in it.  These are the same group of parties that many families trusted with the health and welfare of their children and if this is an example of how they reached decisions about anything having to do with our military, no ...

Every so often something happens that not only reminds us of the failures of men but the corruptible nature for which we strive to achieve more and more each day.  An event so amazing in its creation that it repeats past mistakes but makes the blow out even larger and more devastating than it was. So is the article titled “ Probe of silencers leads to web of Pentagon secrets ” written by The Washington Post.  An article which is 3 plus pages long and filled with stuff straight from the minds of Hollywood.  In it, we find an agency whose creation was to help keep this nation honest and fair in its dealings but because of staffing it with those of privilege, has become a cloak and dagger, want-to-be  police  of the world.  These former leaders of real men wearing brass on their shoulders had been allowed to act like a country within a country.  They have been allowed to make their own rules and live by their own standards without any kind of visible...