“Commander in Chief”…. let’s think about this for a moment…something is missing
We’ve all heard the barbs slung back & forth about the respective candidates and their fitness to be Commander in Chief. It’s a valid argument, and of course, something that needs to be considered very carefully. National Security is certainly a major component of The Presidency, and the armed forces are vital to that end.
Ok, so let’s contemplate Mr. Trump in that role for a moment.
Isn’t the military all about honor, ethics, truth, & sacrifice? He’s demonstrated in lurid detail his severe lacking of any of these traits. Virtually EVERY national security advisor has come out against the idea of Mr. Trump being in charge of our military. A letter signed by 50 top advisors for both republican and democrat administrations has to be viewed as a serious repudiation of his fitness for the job, a letter that could hardly be discounted as simply partisan politics. That, in and of itself, should be sufficient to keep him out of the office.
But, who are these ‘experts’, and why should we care what they say? After all, Mr. Trump has assured us he’d be “great”, and our military would be “fantastic”, and “the best ever” under him.
“Believe me!!”.
Ok, let’s recap a few of Mr. Trumps statements about our military:
He’s said our military is horrible, decimated, decrepit, never wins, etc.. In other words, he’s been very critical of the military, to the point where he even said “… I know more about ISIS than our generals do”….. His stance towards the personnel of all levels currently in the military is he’ll essentially be coming in as the new coach for the Bad News Bears to shape up the last place team.
And we’ll all be lucky he’s there.
“I’m gonna make our military so strong again, nobody will mess with us!”.
Um, ok, sounds great, but….. there’s one teensy weensy little point that kind of seems to have been overlooked:
The United States military is 100% voluntary!
So, Mr. Trump, if you’re president, yes, you can spend the country into an even bigger economic hole by buying all sorts of hardware like planes & ships & bombs & nukes. But, since only the old white guys voted to get you into office, and you managed to completely piss off every other group, including the military, who is going to fly the planes, skipper the ships, and fire the guns at those who you wish to defeat in your war on globalism? People enlisted in an all volunteer military, the overwhelming majority of which take issue with most of your positions regarding foreign AND domestic policy (yes I know, nobody really knows what those policies are, but that’s a subject for another discussion) are very likely to opt out of being part of your fighting force. Especially since you’ve voiced complete disregard for many basic tenets of military honor such as the Geneva Convention, NATO, The Constitution, and general respect for the lives of other people. Of course, your politicizing Vets is repugnant and your feigned regard for them, as a group, isn’t supported by the facts either.
Of all the various institutions on this planet, the US military is one where honor is revered above all else. As it should be.
So, I guess my long winded question is: How can a guy command the largest all volunteer military in the world when he has not only not earned their respect, but quite the opposite?
Isn’t this how mutinies and coups happen?
Maybe he’ll be forced reinstate the draft, which would be the ultimate irony since he successfully dodged it himself.