Poll: 28% say civilian control of military is bad

But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 44% of U.S. voters think civilian control of the military is good for the country.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) think it’s a bad idea to have civilians with the final say over military leaders. Another 28% are not sure which course is best.

Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters agree with the president’s decision to remove General Stanley McChrystal from his post for his insubordinate public remarks, but 36% disagree. Fifty percent (50%) feel the general’s public comments were inappropriate.