When A Great Democracy Politicized The Military

American Thinker ^ | 3 Mar, 2021 | James S. Corum

[Reily]

“.... led by a bunch of panty weights. .....”

That’s probably teh future. (if things don’t change!)
However its currently led by “Harvard Business School” thinking !

Panywaists might actualy make better decisions. Like “run away” at least its a decision !

[Wallace T.]

Red states need to establish or improve the strength of their State Guards as a counterpart to the Federal military. The President is the commander in chief of the militia when called into Federal service, as outlined in the Constitution. Presidents have called the National Guard into Federal service in the past against the will of state governors, e.g., when Eisenhower and Kennedy took charge of the National Guard in several Southern states during the integration controversy.

For all the banter about secession, the fact remains that the states have little real control over the National Guard. Unlike 1775 or 1861, governors and legislatures have little but the state police to resist the Federal military.

[Petrosius]

Yes, but I do believe that the appointment and promotion of officers in the National Guard called to active service still falls under state control. If anyone knows otherwise, please correct me.

[Jacquerie]

History repeats:

<>Top leftist political leaders wanted to use their power to utterly break the power of the conservative half of France, which meant going after two key institutions: The Catholic Church and the military officer corps. The Church was the main target. Inspired by fanatically anti-clerical Émile Combes, French premier 1902-1905, the government passed new laws regulating the Church in 1901 that required all education to be secular. Ten thousand Catholic schools were shut down. Many churches were closed, and convents were closed on the order of the government.<>