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Subject: Political Officers Make A Comeback
SYSOP    12/24/2014 5:36:23 AM
 
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CJH       12/24/2014 12:41:23 PM
Under the Obama regime, one would expect the US to use zampolits as well.
 
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trenchsol       12/24/2014 1:07:42 PM
Are those political officers going to shoot pilots in the back, like Soviet ones did with soldiers who did not show enough enthusiasm during WWII ? That might end the mission earlier than expected.
 
 
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keffler25       12/24/2014 1:12:27 PM
It does. Just not obviously.
Under the Obama regime, one would expect the US to use zampolits as well.

 
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Gerry       12/25/2014 9:36:16 PM
Political officers have a purpose and are respected as are coaches on a football team. They do make a difference in morale and patriotism and should not be disregarded as insignificant.
 
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keffler25       12/25/2014 11:58:12 PM
Political officers interfere with the chain of command.
 
When you have zampolits, you have two chains and no clear idea of who to shoot when things go wrong.
 
In a western system, Short and Kimmel (and Nixon) got it in the neck. When Grigory Kulik and later Joe Stalin screwed up, there was no clear paper and action trail that led to those two bunglers, so they could be fired and/or (preferably) stood against the wall before they committed much greater harm. They could find some 'political' and/or confused subordinate ti blame and say their 'clear orders' were not followed. Divided responsibility and authority leads to legal confusion.
 
Football teams don't involve life and death, but even in AMERICAN football, there is a clear chain of command. The owner of the team fires the COACH (and the quarterback), not the team chaplain or psychiatrist, when the team loses most of its games.  
Political officers have a purpose and are respected as are coaches on a football team. They do make a difference in morale and patriotism and should not be disregarded as insignificant.

 
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greyghost       12/26/2014 4:49:03 AM
The US uses political officers also. They called it the EEO officer. That was before 1996 so with the big push for gays, woman, and "minorities" whose perceived of lack of achievement is the straight white males fault. There has got to be a political czar in every command. Especially now with the rape hysteria fad and the cops killing black people trend.
 
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manny       12/29/2014 3:10:35 AM
It's only a good idea if the ideology these political officers or chaplains are pushing improves morale. Otherwise it's like the spanish with their spanish inquisition priests.
 
Finding people dumb enough to still believe in communism then putting them in charge is really really stupid.
 
Military should do the opposite, which is what the political officers tend to become. And that's organize events and opportunity for debauchery to improve soldier morale. They should hire atheists or their chinese equivalent for this job, since in the U.S they makeup only 0.008 percent of the prison population. Clearly these are honest people who with the right training can turn into party animals. 
 
 
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avatar3    Please Note   12/29/2014 7:30:49 PM
Political Officers are not cheer leaders, they are enfocrcers.
 
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