Political expression within the military challenges the idea that military personnel should not express their political views, especially when higher-ranking officers do so
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The accusation that the pilots have denigrated their uniforms by wading into political issues doesn't apply only to lower ranks
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The air force commander spoke in favour of the [Jewish] settlements while sitting in uniform next to Sharon at a Likud party convention.
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That is political. This country has a defence minister who, as army chief of staff, was the most political ever. It is hypocritical to say lower ranking officers cannot express an opinion. What they mean is, we can be political so long as we agree with the government. Well that's not democracy.
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