“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”-George Orwell.
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Two Truth Social posts from POTUS in the last several hours:
So, what is the Dear Leader upset about? Here’s the link from the Washington Examiner: Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders.
A half-dozen Democratic veterans in Congress released a joint video urging U.S. service members to disobey unlawful orders, though they did not specify what those would be.
Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) said the “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home.” They repeatedly urged military and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.”
One thing is for certain: reminding service members not to obey illegal orders is not seditious. The fact that I just typed that sentence is just a ridiculous testament to our political moment.
Here’s a report on that video:
This just in: it is not controversial (or shouldn’t be) to remind service members not to obey illegal orders because they aren’t supposed to obey illegal orders.
In terms of the drama here, this is like reminding your accounting department not to follow any instructions from their bosses to violate the tax code.
A non-authoritarian wannabe would just say, “Of course, the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders!” and move on.
The fact that Trump has to go to DefCon 1 because a bunch of hippies military and intelligence veterans are warning against illegal orders kind of indicates that he thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants, the law be damned.
I agree with Senator Murphy, this should not be allowed to be seen as normal.
People can pretend he is “joking” or that it is all empty threats, but none of that changes the abnormality of it all, nor the truly corrosive effects this kind of stuff continues to have on our politics and society.
