" Just short of mutiny "

Coming the day after a Clinton affirmative election, your

    editorial today ( Nov.5 ) " Just short of mutiny " was timely

    and sound advice to an alarming number of military personnel who

    show a lack of public respect for the elected president of the United

    States. You cannot " fix " a perceived violator of the Constitution by

    violating the military code ( Article 88 ) . If the military has ANY

    purpose in our society, it is to uphold democratic government here

    and around the world.

            Perhaps it might be permissible for someone in the the military

    to write a contemptuous letter to the editor - attacking the Commander

    in Chief - just as long as he or she does not identify military status.

           The root of military hostility to Clinton is - I suspect- his

    support for bays in the military and his own anti- Vietnam War background.

           It must not be thought that most Clinton supporters are anti-Military.

    It is easier today to see the United States armed forces as a great

    necessity in an increasingly chaotic and barbaric world.

          We might soon be engaged with Iraq . And so be it !