Jones is a retired 4 star Marine Corps General. Some felt reassured by his appointment. I think conservatives have a reflexive trust of Marines, mostly justified.
But there is an odd strain, mostly hidden in places we don't see, of anti-semitism. I don't know if that's what is going on with this guy, but something is off.
Look: Retired generals don't usually "just fade away." They parlay their shoulder stars into political hoo-hah. And at that perverted game, they are naive gibbering idiots.