Panetta is hardcore (albeit less offensive) liberal and political flunkie. Pronouncements by him or other political appointees (who are naturally going to carry Obama's water) have very little to do with what the mid- and low-level officer and enlisted force would do given orders that clearly go against their training, education and natural proclivities. Hickenlooper's support for more gun control didn't mean squat to 62 of 64 Colorado Sheriffs or to the local PD or deputies that would be required to carry out some of the more extreme proposals being aired in Denver.

Having said all that, we should be inundating the mass media with questions and pointing out the inconsistencies and extremism in Obama's campaign against traditional American values and the Constitution.