Posted on 08/13/2025 7:30:01 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
By ordering 800 National Guard troops to Washington, on the pretext of an illusory crime wave, President Trump has further dragged the U.S. military into domestic law enforcement, in a move credibly perceived as an ominous “test case.” This continues what the administration started in California in June as part of the its deportation efforts.
Unfortunately, though we (and others) had hoped that the military would only respond to calls to action in American cities and states kicking and screaming, we no longer expect resistance from that institution. Once, perhaps, traditionalist officers might have leaned on protocol and refused to heed a lawless order, taking inspiration from the generals — Mark Milley and James Mattis — who resisted the uprooting of established military standards in the first Trump term.
But today, general officers no longer seem to see themselves as guardians of the constitutional order.
It now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities. Recent changes to the terms of the military’s employment by the Pentagon and its members’ incentives to career advancement will ultimately overcome any constitutional and moral qualms about their conduct.
Democratic civilian control and the apolitical professionalism of military officers have long been bulwarks against authoritarianism. This framework proved stable through the 20th century, even when tested by the Vietnam War, in significant part because American presidents and their civilian advisers could be trusted not to imperil the political integrity of the Republic.
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Yep. 100%.
Their whining is an admission
The Hitler accusation evidently has played out, so now the new accusation is “authoritarianism” which rears its ugly head, according to these idiots, everytime Trump implements his agenda. That is an accusation based on action, no less. No other president in our country’s history has ever done such an evil thing, actually implementing his agenda. Now, when Biden broke a thousand Federal laws, including importing twelve million illegals into the country, that is not authoritarianism.
That’s because as rodents you know nothing about America’s military.
Well, I was a SSGT, so I was taught the rules.
I never had to fight in “hot” war.
I would have done my duty.
Ordered to take a hill I would have
executed that order.
I will not tell you which service I was in.
But I was crawling over Nukes when
I was 18 years old.
The military certainly followed a criminal mandate to push the Covid jab among its members, in complete violation of the Nuremberg Code.
Those with the moral core you allude to here have already been pushed out of the military.
“illusory crime wave”
Ever since the BLM riots and Soros DAs imposed decriminalization “reforms” crime has sky rocketed. The crime stats are fake.
Exactly lol. Im not sure these folks have any idea how the govt is supposed to work.
That was a medical issue, not a war fighting one.
I was ordered to get shots I got them.
Had I been ordered to shoot unarmed people
I’m not sure I would do that.
Ten bucks says that Stephen and Jonathan live in New Canaan,CT or Alpine,NJ.
DC is a federal enclave. Not a state or country.
And in CA they were protecting the ICE facility, a federal building, while the city hall street had 5 cars burning on it.
Extremely dumb ass article. We used to have safe cities and patriotic Americans but Obama and the left destroyed that and America needs troops in the cities to help quelch the crime and riots of leftist lunatic.
IOW, the authors are Deep State.
What are the authors advocating, a military coup?
The hallmark of opposition to Trump has always been hysteria.
But everything was fine when troops, fencing, and concertina wire were laid around DC around January 20, 2020, right?
This guy is a moron..🙄
"We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to With Trump"
We certainly hope you wouldn't.
But you have, in fact, already obeyed at least one unlawful order; it appears as if this was only at risk only to your own life.
2 gun grabbing pukes. Blind Academics. Pure idiots.
Steven Simon, an international relations professor at Colby College, served on the National Security Council during the Clinton and Obama administrations, including as senior director for counterterrorism.
Jonathan Stevenson, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and managing editor of Survival, served on the NSC as director for political-military affairs, Middle East and North Africa, from 2011 to 2013.
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