Concerning. Retired military have the right to express political opinions, but I don’t think there’s ever been such a partisan statement from retired officers, especially not outside of campaign season. Includes multiple disproven falsehoods about 2020. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
The US survived the recent threat to Constitutional democracy because:
-enough state officials followed the law (many now purged or sidelined)
-courts rejected claims for lack of standing and lack of evidence
-security services didn’t split (despite some individuals joining 1/6)
-enough state officials followed the law (many now purged or sidelined)
-courts rejected claims for lack of standing and lack of evidence
-security services didn’t split (despite some individuals joining 1/6)
A scenario with two people claiming to have won the White House in 2024 and military officers splitting to line up behind one or the other may not be likely, but the chances aren’t as close to zero as they should be, putting it in low probability - high impact event territory.
And if no nightmare scenario arises, it’s still a problem for civ-mil relations if any significant subset of the military, especially of the officer corp, believes the Big Lie about the 2020 election, and thinks Dems winning more votes is a “Marxist” threat to “our way of life.”
Right. It’s not like they’re criticizing Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, or any other specific policy. They’re declaring that the Democratic Party itself is a threat to the Constitution based on lies about the 2020 election and paranoia about Marxism.
https://twitter.com/CLeuthy/status/1392477466262974469
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