The constitution doesn’t give them a role. Their oath gives them a role. I want them to do the same thing the IDF did: Make demands of the leadership.
That’s what the IDF did and it’s not causing people to wring their hands. The IDF is charged with defending Israel and it cannot do that if Iran gets nukes. It has every right to make demands in that regard. There was no threat of a coup, and there needn’t be one here either.
The military is charged with defending the constitution and should make clear that it therefore cannot stand by while Obama shreds that document, and it should demand that he stop.
Or what? No or what. Just demand that he stop.
A number of US presidents have butted heads with the military and every one of them has lost that contest. Those were extra-constitutional encounters with the military. Where are the brass bells it used to have? They’ve been acting like eunuchs since DADT.
If I were a member of the Joint Chiefs, I damned sure would be voicing my concern to the others.
“A number of US presidents have butted heads with the military and every one of them has lost that contest. “
MacArthur lost to Truman. Just sayin’.
Otherwise, now I know what you mean.