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Workbench: Tuesday, December 07, 2004
President Eisenhower, who as an Army general had led four million troops in the invasion of France during World War II, was concerned that such attire would be contrary to the constitutional principle of civilian control of the military.
[mjh: Hitler and Hussein both dressed in bogus military garb — it’s a long-standing favorite habit of dictators.]