Military Politics

Ruger a veteran and associate professor is the author of the article and makes a valid point especially to anyone who was a military veteran. Ruger explains that it is important for any military person, most importantly ones who are high up. Of course people will have their political opinions but they should be unbiased and not allow their politics to be displayed to the public or known to the people they work with. It will only cause issues and influence people to see things in a certain light. Ruger points out that General McChrystal made the unfortunate mistake of doing just this. Ruger makes sure to point out that McChrystal is quite intelligent, confident and talented. I fully believe it is true that someone of that rank and position should in no way let his political views be known. Of course it would be hard when talking ot people in general to let your political stance be known, but you have to be wary of who you back when you are high up. If you do people will attack you or will side with you because of who you are. Young soldiers will possibly align themselves with their superior because they believe their commander knows best. Ruger makes a great point about political alignment for military personell but one has to take this and apply it to everyone not just for military people. If we see movie stary, or other famous people supporting a certain group, people will blindly follow and that can be dangerous.

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/editorial/stories/2009/11/08/1108ruger_edit.html