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(3,962 posts)via blind obedience coupled with a dose of contrived flattery. The opposite position, the one to which I subscribe, is that you serve best when you tell truth to power, even when the truth is uncomfortable to send or receive.
The President announces that quarantine decisions should be made based on the medical science.
Within a day or two, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagle bypasses uniformed officers and implements the quarantine throughout the department.
I do not believe that Secretary Hagel is ignorent or chose to undercut the President one week before the mid-term elections.
Instead, I believe Secretary Hagel is implementing the President's policies appropriately and that you'll see a public update addressing the state of the science around November 5th.
Or if you have a conspiracy theory about the DoD quarantine, feel free to share.