Trumps Focus on Generals for Top Jobs Stirs Worries Over Militarys Sway
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Donald J. Trump ran for president boasting that he knew more about fighting terrorists than Americas generals.
But now that Mr. Trump is the president-elect, he is spending a great deal of his time with retired generals, and those of a particular breed: commanders who, when they served, were often at odds with President Obama.
One has been named as Mr. Trumps national security adviser, and several others are candidates for coveted positions in his cabinet or are advising him on how to confront the worlds greatest threats. They would give his foreign policy a far more aggressive cast than Mr. Obamas.
Turning to the retired officers reflects Mr. Trumps preference for having strong, even swaggering, men around him. But it worries national security experts and even other retired generals, who say that if Mr. Trump stacks critical jobs purely with warriors, it could lead to an undue emphasis on military force in American foreign policy.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-national-security-military.html?_r=0
Worse than Bush and Cheney, Going to be one hellafa four years or VP president when Trump gets impeached!
msongs
(67,478 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Standing Rock Today
Things haven't changed much about states 'punishing' the locals with a good beating or worse.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Republicans really do have a THING for Chickenhawks...Especially a draft-dodging jerk like Trump who disses our military and our veterans.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)Swapping arms for peace will never be so easy
Digging my bunker, covering it twice
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)maimed is best because there is much profit to be made from millions of injured 'Veterans' .