https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/us-military-not-ready-constitutional-crisis/606367/
My very brief comment on an extremely important editorial.
A powerful declaration of loyalty and duty. In a time when Trump supporters are calling for a military overthrow of the United States and military tribunals to mass convict political enemies, this is a critical read for all Americans. I do disagree with the author on a few points, but especially on this one:
> But with the benefit of hindsight, though I still find the torture memo appalling, I can at least acknowledge that the Bush administration cared enough about the law to offer the pretense of legality. <
Yes, I do wish you had been trained a little more in both the Constitution and the history of governments that do evil. Both Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany cared enough about the law to offer the pretense of the legality for all of their atrocities and mass murders. The question becomes, did they really care about the law or do they just want to cover their crimes against humanity with a pretense of legality?
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