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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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.

      13 replies 26 retweets 115 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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      12. One of the distinguishing features of American Republic is that Presidents have always had the final say over military.

      7 replies 23 retweets 86 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      13. Lincoln over McClellan, Truman over MacArthur, JFK over LeMay, Obama over McCrystal. The President always has the last word.

      2 replies 19 retweets 73 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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?

      6 replies 25 retweets 105 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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.

      10 replies 18 retweets 53 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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      16. Obama resisted intense Pentagon & Nat. Sec. State pressure to intervene in Syria. In comparable situation, would Trump resist?

      5 replies 20 retweets 58 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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.

      4 replies 27 retweets 102 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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.

      7 replies 24 retweets 92 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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      Jeet Heer Retweeted mariska hargitaylor swift

      19. Last line of thought was from here:https://twitter.com/wspieler/status/849835465700245504 …

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      mariska hargitaylor swift @wspieler
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      is there sense that Pentagon engineered this by getting Kushner's ear during Iraq trip?
      3 replies 9 retweets 53 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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.

      1 reply 15 retweets 64 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Stephanie Burt (Masks Up)

      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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      Stephanie Burt (Masks Up) @accommodatingly
      Not necessarily true! Sometimes ppl farthest from mil experience = shrillest warhawks. Have you read (I haven't) McMaster's bk? https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/849832744326635520 …
      9:19 PM - 5 Apr 2017
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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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

          8 replies 12 retweets 51 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Apr 2017
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          23. Right now, we need forces outside & inside government to contain & counteract Trump.

          4 replies 12 retweets 55 likes
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        1. tom hebert‏ @tominwindsor 5 Apr 2017
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          And remember Andrew Bacevich. His work is very insightful.

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        1. M‏ @MarkWT7 5 Apr 2017
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          Neocons were not soldiers and look where they led us

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