Absolutely and then they are free to criticise once they are out.
The point of contention was that he was not in a position to criticise sooner; he should have been.
Today 18:53
Agreed. But this is not the first outburst from Jacko since he left office. He recently lambasted the Iraq War he implemented, more specifically the post-war reconstruction for which he was only partially involved.
As an aside, I would not be in favour of our top brass becoming politicized and openly disagreeing with the government. I would be in favour of them putting the boot in a lot more firmly behind closed doors though.
WM