Posted on 01/05/2021 1:49:36 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.”
The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article published Sunday in The Washington Post that implicitly questioned Trump’s willingness to follow his Constitutional duty to peacefully relinquish power on Jan. 20. Following the Nov. 3 election and subsequent recounts in some states, as well as unsuccessful court challenges, the outcome is clear, they wrote, while not specifying Trump in the article.
“The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived,” they wrote.
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Every war America has fought since WWII has been run by the UN, and they’ve made sure we we lost.
These 10 guys need a refresher on the military command flow chart. Pentagon reports to the POTUS. They don’t warn or threaten the POTUS. They do what the POTUS tells them to do. They serve at the leisure of the POTUS. If the POTUS decides to invoke the Insurrection Act they say “yes sir Mr. President”.
Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs
Military seems upset because they won’t be making any money from another war.
Wasn’t it President Eisenhower that described the military complex.
“What they are saying is you can accept this fraud and go quietly, or we may be forced to walk in and shoot you.”
Yes. Proving they are a deep state junta.
Where are any of these men in a position to warn Trump of anything?
“Former”....Pentagon Chiefs....HAHAHA!
These “formers” (the old guard) always come out of the woodwork....little more than armchair players.
Destroy them! Halt all retirements, funds, medical, etc. Destroy them for in subordination or any other applicable law.
Totally agree with you
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