10. The good news is the military leaders (McMaster/Mattis) are much more competent & informed than anyone else in Trumpworld.
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11. The bad news is their whole formation has been in military so by instinct they will look for military solutions to problems.
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12. One of the distinguishing features of American Republic is that Presidents have always had the final say over military.
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13. Lincoln over McClellan, Truman over MacArthur, JFK over LeMay, Obama over McCrystal. The President always has the last word.
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14. If it came down to Trump versus Mattis/McMaster, are we ready to support the doofus president over his competent generals?
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15. But it probably won't come down to Trump versus Mattis/McMaster because Trump's instincts will be to give Pentagon what it wants.
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16. Obama resisted intense Pentagon & Nat. Sec. State pressure to intervene in Syria. In comparable situation, would Trump resist?
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17. To be clear: I don't expect a military coup. But we are entering a period where military will have unusual level of political power.
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18. In retrospect, Kushner's trip to Iraq looks like brilliant move by Pentagon to get crucial son-in-law on side.
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19. Last line of thought was from here:https://twitter.com/wspieler/status/849835465700245504 …
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20. Relevant to all this is McMaster's book "Dereliction of Duty" which critiqued 1960s military leaders for not standing up to LBJ.
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21. There's been pushback on tweet #11 with people arguing (rightly) that soldiers not necessarily hawks:https://twitter.com/accommodatingly/status/849833226705272832 …
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22. It's true soldiers have far greater sense of enormity of war. But their training will incline them to see problems in military terms
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