I have written about the danger of military coups from maintaining a standing army. The declared intention by Donald Trump of using military force against “blue state” governments drags us so close to the realization of that risk that I see no realistic way to avoid it. President Trump has fired 20% of “his” generals, mostly those he sees as too brown, or insufficiently loyal to him. I think it is incredibly naive of him to believe, with the command instability he has created, that he will remain in command of a military force he has already unleashed on his own citizens. James Madison wrote, “The means of defense against foreign danger have always been the instrument of tyranny at home.”
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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