Excerpt: Had any of the current generals said anything similar about President Obama in the fashion they now routinely attack Trump, their public careers would have been ruined. There would have been Adam Schiff-like progressive congressional inquiries about the current status of the code of military conduct as it pertains, not to quite legitimate political editorialization, but rather to “contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State . . . ” Attacking Trump in “contemptuous” fashion is not speaking truth to power but a confirmation of the existing status quo of the media, progressive orthodoxy, and the general Washington bipartisan bureaucracy. The result is that many retired high-ranking officers have made the necessary adjustments. Many have gone well beyond legitimately articulating why Trump may be wrong on foreign policy, and now feel free to malign, insult, and even dream of removing their commander-in-chief, on the grounds that Trump is sui generis, that the media will applaud their efforts, and that the bipartisan foreign-policy establishment will canonize their deep-state bravery. [In the body of this excellent essay, Hanson makes reference to a now-nearly-forgotten 1964 movie called “7 Days in May.” (If you haven’t seen it, you ought to.) I think that’s a little extreme, but only a little. In the minds of many of those on the left, they may well see that as the most direct solution, ignoring what it would do to the fabric of the nation. This is not a door we want to open. Remember that what one side does now WILL be repeated later by the other side. Ron P.]
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