I know this is not Covid related, but some of you guys say things that seem short sighted...still I can't tell if you really believe it, or are just trying to be politically persuasive. You have to realize that there are a lot (I estimate 1/3) of flag officers in the military that are political power hungry animals first and foremost, and care about their oath of office to the Constitution secondarily (for politicians I estimate that this is over 2/3 rds).
I have a lot of friends still in the military from the O-6 rank and down, and I have never seen their morale so low as during much of the Obama admin. Did anyone notice a difference in the Trump admin standing behind our military members in a completely different way both legally and strategically, since he took office? Look at the immediate change in course and effectiveness in Syria and N. Iraq for just one example. Trump seems to like some level of varied viewpoints, and likely would have to deal with even more calls for impeachment and Coup attempts if he fired even 1/2 the people that he should (like Gen Mark Milley who seems like Gen Wesley Clark if you remember him...stepping way out of his lane); plus Trump is more resolute in avoiding intervention abroad than Obama, so necessarily he is going to be at odds with many higher ups in the military-political complex.
People have such short memories...even with the media as his cheering boys to try to smooth over whatever they could rather than amplify everything, there was plenty of military conflict in the Obama admin.
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