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nikibatts

(2,198 posts) Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:14 AM Jul 2017

the generals run free.

With no conception of history, Trump does not realize that the Generals are the ones behind overthrowing every authoritarian leader in history...for good or ill?

Current example: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/egypt-worse-indicator-2013-coup-170702072016494.html

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So the organized media has decided to pivot the news on behalf of Trump's belligerence in letting (Original Post) nikibatts Jul 2017 OP

Dereliction of duty HAB911 Jul 2017 #1

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1. Dereliction of duty

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:17 AM

Jul 2017

There is a reason we have civilian control of the military, even by draft dodgers