Mark Kelly and others reminded Trump last week that the military is not obliged to follow illegal orders in violation of the Constitution. Trump initial response was that Kelly and company could be executed for treason. Trump apparently was convinced to tamper down that threat, but he can't completely restrain himself. This weekend he reduced his death threat to jail.
The real threat to America is Trump's inability to measure his words in a presidential fashion. Despite previously being president, he thinks he can say and tweet whatever pops into his head, with no deliberation.
Attacking Kelly was like his profoundly ignorant remark about John McCain in 2015. Although Kelly did not spend six years in a North Vietnam prison camp like McCain, he did fly 39 combat missions over Iraq before becoming an astronaut. Yes, Trump is Commander and Chief, but that title comes with a responsibility which is lost on him.
Trump sycophant Defense Secretary Hegseth has the Pentagon reviewing if court martial charges should be brought against Kelly. I don't know if Mark Kelly has any presidential ambitions for 2028, but if he does, Hegseth just gave Kelly a gift.
I'm not here to be polite or popular
While officers can resign if they believe orders are unlawful, others will likely suffer greatly for any attempt to disobey orders. Those poor noncoms will suffer for some politicians political maneuvering. Kelly is a senator why don't he introduce legislation to bring war back under the authority of the senate. As a senator he should use his power to change through the process.
ReplyDeleteKelly’s video was designed to undermine the President, without any basis and without any specific examples. It was foolish, dangerous, and unbecoming of a US Senator.
ReplyDeleteOver the weekend, one of his treasonous co-conspirators admitted they couldn’t give even ONE example of an unlawful order that Trump had given.
Kelly is a political hack, but I’m sure that his actions will play well with the socialist base of the democrat party. They will also be well received by his allies in Bejing and Moscow.
anon@7:08: Blowing up those drug boats in the Caribbean isn't a proud moment in our military history. Nobody. even knows why we're beating the war drums against Venezuela. Trump has the photo opts with Putin, not Kelly. But all this aside, we'll see what the public thinks in the midterms.
ReplyDeleteBlow up every drug boat on the high seas.
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