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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums". . . All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic": An Open Letter to Gen. Milley
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/all-enemies-foreign-and-domestic-open-letter-gen-milley/167625/Dear General Milley:
As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, you are well aware of your duties in ordinary times: to serve as principal military advisor to the president of the United States, and to transmit the lawful orders of the president and Secretary of Defense to combatant commanders. In ordinary times, these duties are entirely consistent with your oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic
We do not live in ordinary times. The president of the United States is actively subverting our electoral system, threatening to remain in office in defiance of our Constitution. In a few months time, you may have to choose between defying a lawless president or betraying your Constitutional oath. We write to assist you in thinking clearly about that choice. If Donald Trump refuses to leave office at the expiration of his constitutional term, the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order.
Due to a dangerous confluence of circumstances, the once-unthinkable scenario of authoritarian rule in the United States is now a very real possibility. First, as Mr. Trump faces near certain electoral defeat, he is vigorously undermining public confidence in our elections. Second, Mr. Trumps defeat would result in his facing not merely political ignominy, but also criminal charges. Third, Mr. Trump is assembling a private army capable of thwarting not only the will of the electorate but also the capacities of ordinary law enforcement. When these forces collide on January 20, 2021, the U.S. military will be the only institution capable of upholding our Constitutional order.
There can be little doubt that Mr. Trump is facing electoral defeat. More than 160,000 Americans have died from COVID 19, and that toll is likely to rise to 300,000 by November. One in ten U.S. workers is unemployed, and the U.S. economy in the last quarter suffered the greatest contraction in its history. Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. The Economist estimates that Mr. Trumps chances of losing the election stand at 91 percent.
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". . . All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic": An Open Letter to Gen. Milley (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
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military takes their oath seriously to protect the consitution and the american people, not so
beachbumbob
Aug 2020
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beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)1. military takes their oath seriously to protect the consitution and the american people, not so
much to protect an illegal president. The military is the least concern here.
matt819
(10,749 posts)2. Read this
Very interesting read. Terrifying as well.
One though remains. Let's say the military option is what transpires. Okay, okay. Maybe far-fetched. Maybe the fevered nightmare of a nation currently steeped in nightmares. But what it. . . What do they then do with trump? Do they dump him on Pennsylvania Avenue? Turn him over the civil authorities? If so, who and where?
May you live in interesting times.
No thanks.