Anon Archived Trump Is Dangerously Undermining the Authority of Military Commanders (slate.com)
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Anon Archived Trump Is Dangerously Undermining the Authority of Military Commanders (slate.com)
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[–] 21510521? ago
TRUMP IS THE Authority of military commanders!!!
[–] 21510858? [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Not for long. The military will be around after Trumps is gone just as it has been since Washington. The reason it works is because of the processes and traditions. Trump is upending the command and control system that keeps the soldiers under control. Law and the constitution are the ultimate authority that all of the people including the president must serve them. Being a Seal has to be about the hardest profession. It takes a special person to want to ever put up with what they have to do in order to stay with it. I suspect that those people are closer to the sociopathic sadistic end of the continuum than average. They are useful for that reason but those urges and traits have to be kept under control. It must be hard to control trained killers, all of which are themselves alpha males. They can’t just be allowed to act violently without some control.
[–] 21510267? ago
https://archive.ph/zawKX :
'When Donald Trump first entered the Oval Office, many military officers viewed him with favor. '
'They tend to play by the book (their main complaint against Trump is that he doesn’t). '
'Jim Mattis) as defense secretary, and relaxed the rules of engagement—giving commanders on the ground more freedom of action—in the ongoing wars. '
'The officers I’ve spoken with have no desire to get involved in politics, much less in a confrontation with the president. '
'It will do grievous damage to our armed services if they become so.”Perhaps no other president in American history has aroused as much distaste or distrust among military officers as this one. '
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