Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
I see it like McCain. I completely respect his service, the fact that he stayed when he could have gone home and his other sacrifices. I will never speak in a derogative fashion regarding his military service or suggest he served in anything less than an honorable fashion. But McCain the politician, I will completely disagree with him all day long and his service doesn't buy him any kind of automatic deference when it comes to politics. That pretty much applies to everyone else who serves or has served.
True story. McCain's military service, once he got the 'wild frat boy'-type of thing out of his system, was/is worthy of respect. As a politician, my values and his never lined up. I respect and appreciate McChrystal, Petraeus, McRaven, et al., for their military careers and leadership, but their post-service platforms? Not so much.