12. One of the distinguishing features of American Republic is that Presidents have always had the final say over military.
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23. Right now, we need forces outside & inside government to contain & counteract Trump.
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24. Post-Trump, USA will have to have reckoning with power of military, intelligence community & permanent government.
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Well, thank goodness we've got such a strong diplomat in Rex Til.... aww shit.
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The training for the highest level brass includes enormous amounts of non-military professional development and academics.
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Not all generals are Curtis LeMay. Not all are hammers that see every problem as nails. Stereotypes die hard.
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McMaster has a PhD from UNC and had a Stanford fellowship. He strikes me as a well-rounded character who also has battlefield bona fides.
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I've said McMaster & Mattis are by far most competent people around Trump. But there's a reason generals should defer to elected officials.
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Soldiers also recognize that some problems don't belong to the military and bristle at being used to address them.
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Back in the 90s, soldiers HATED Clinton's use of the military for peace keeping. They felt that wasn't their domain.
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