Soldiers and priests…

There are two classes of people who shouldn’t participate in the political process—soldiers and priests. The reasons for the first are so obvious that DoD Instruction 1334.01 forbids it, but only when the soldier is in uniform. Other DoD policies actually encourage participation in political life, a practice also encouraged by the GOP and discouraged by the Dems (because all our armed services are now volunteer, soldiers tend to lean toward the right—the Pentagon and its supporters are not kn...