The news emerging about Pat Tilman's death is disturbing. Tilman's cover-up highlights an ugly issue that is fast becoming a "national security" issue. The breakdown of "Military Discipline." Generals were lying, Commanders were lying, and of course, the perverbial lawyers were lying. This shows a serious degradation in military leadership. Military leadership has been so "unremarkable" in recent years that is has created, in part, a national security problem.

And the ill-disciplined military members are starting out younger. For example the Air Force Academy has been rocked by frequent cheating scandals. These young men and women are the future officers, commanders, generals, and leaders of the Air Force. If they're already cheating, why do we want them as our future military leaders?

The most recent shocker is the discovery that many in the miliary are now forming "gangs." This shows a deplorable degradation in military leadership and discipline.

When Bill Clinton was campaigning for the presidency, the GOP were quick to point out his serious lack of military service. It was true.  When George Bush was campaigning for the presidency, the GOP were quick to point out his military service.  (Which were later learned was misleading.) Here's the irony that can't be ignored. The military was far more disciplined during the Clinton Administration then now during the Bush Administration. Furthermore, it is George Bush who stresses that he is a "war time president" yet the military has seriously eroded under his "leadership. Strangely, President Bush streses that he is a "military president."  Nah . . . I don't think so.

Here's a video about gangs in the military