Victor Davis Hanson // National Review
Not long after a number of generals and admirals recently weighed in with renewed criticism of the president in orchestrated unison, presidential candidate Joe Biden seemed giddy at their effort. After breezily asserting that “this president is going to try to steal this election,” Biden then charged additionally that Trump might not depart peacefully after losing the election .
In other words, according to Biden, Trump would either steal an election, claim he won, and then not leave after really losing it, or he would clearly lose it and then refuse to vacate the White House.
But Biden bragged that he was not worried, now that retired generals had “ripped the skin off of Trump,” and thus could be counted on as muscle by the new president Biden:
I was so damn proud. You have four chiefs of staff coming out and ripping the skin off of Trump, and you have so many rank-and-file military personnel saying, “Whoah, we’re not a military state. This is not who we are.”
Biden then offered the warning, “I promise you, I’m absolutely convinced they will escort him from the White House with great dispatch.”
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Wow??? This is thicker than the smoke generators trying to screen the Tirpitz! (Oops, did I just...) Sorry to say, that the "orchestration" is the typical tell of the same tactic reminiscent of Clinton's "Hawking" during her 2016 bid combined with the main-scream media's "cherry-picking" posturing in an unfounded impeachment. (Smelling like B.O. 'round here.) Looks like that these retired Generals are on or promised the carrot of a prospect of getting back into the Middle East and the Balkans in a larger way...(Again.) or some such bullets/bandages cash-flow for the DNC (Domestic National Collectivism) while it's current BAM of holding the U.S. population's lives and livelihoods in retribution for not establishing their parliamentary fiat "rights" by usary of "marginalized" groups, so as to come from the state and not those "Inalienable ones. No doubt, they will gladly extend any lock-down prison policies to parasitize off the taxes generated by the rest of the states creating real income and innovations.
Good day VDH, My father served in both WW2 & Korea, My uncle was a WW2 Baton POW survivor, my Grandfather served in the 8th inf. in WW1... I can "see" in my mind the looks of amazement they would have given to the comments of "former chiefs"... as I remember my uncle telling me, "Yamamoto knew an overthrow could only be achieved from the inside, thus the military says neutral, protecting the Constitution, at the order of the Commander-in-Chief, elected by the people".... I would say 'stand down' to loose lips.
This issue has been 55 years in coming. Please don't let the buck stop with you.
I suspect that there exists in the military, a high degree of PC peer, pressure conformity as there is in team sports. I also suspect that the "mutinous" generals are progressive globalists of a hive mind with the CFR, Business Round table, the Chamber of Commerce and the DC establishment.
As a former Marine officer who served when the present crop of anti-Trump generals were still in diapers, I am not surprised at their reaction. Disappointed but not surprised because their world view and methods of operation are the antithesis of Trumps. He often operates on instinct and has pretty good ones most of the time. He thinks out loud and often spurts out things that he will never do. I suppose if you work in that environment it would be upsetting especially for by the book generals. Trumps approach to foreign policy disengages the military, and asks that our allies pay their fair share or else. What a novel idea. Bolton also found this hard and so has stuck out with this "tell-all" book. Bolton who never wore a uniform is always willing to send somebody else's son to war to support his imperialistic adventures.
Dear Mr. Hanson, My husband and I think you are a Godsend for the U.S.A.! We love to see you on Fox Newsi.. What is happening in our country is like the French Revolution. At that time, they let all the foul prisoners out of jail to spread propaganda about the King .Most of it not true,but the people believed it was!........Sounds Familiar!!!!!!!!!!!! God help us all!!!!!!!!!
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Dear Mr. Hanson: I always heard that "Military Intelligence was an oxymoron?
Watch it Biden. Trump also has plenty of us real military men on his side. F**k generals, they are all REMPs, and desk jockeys since the likes of Patton and MacArthur. Ask the soldier who fought in the front, in the trenches, who they back. It isn't you. Generals don't fight wars, the soldiers do.
Great Article!