Lysistrata
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Turley is running off at the gums. If we look back to 1974, we would see a similar situtation regarding the US Military. Of course, it's not quite the same. It's even worse today so I imagine that the same measures have already been taken.
The Joint Chiefs decided, in the final days of Nixon to do a sitdown. Oh, they still trained, recruited, flew missions, followed orders previously given but the idea of the US Military being involved in a Martial Law was completely nixed. I was in a Briefing for NCOs and Officers that we were told that the "Situation" was just too unstable for the Military to get involved. That is Military Speak for "Nixon is Temporarily Nuts" but they couldn't come out and say that. So it was the "Situation" was unstable. That briefing was done 3 days before Nixon did his famous outgoing speech resigning from office. Nixon knew he had lost the support of the US Military. Had Nixon stayed in office and "Stabilized" himself, the Military would have gone back to supporting him as their CIC without a hitch. But he chose to resign as Nixon knew he wasn't playing with a full deck at that moment either. Nixon DID get it together but it was after he left office and proved to be a remarkable asset to the Foreign Relations of the United States which he was the worlds most knowledgeable in this area.
Rump reached this point more than a year ago. The second he began talking about Martial Law and dispatched the 82nd to Washington DC, the Joint Chiefs knew it was time. While they couldn't stop the 82nd from being sent to Washington D.C., they did not allow the 82nd to participate in any way. The 82nd did a sit down until it was time to return to North Carolina. After that, Rump used other Federal Assets that weren't limited like the US Military. The Military still follows previous orders and still trains, etc. but Rump is no longer the CIC.
This is very reassuring to hear. Ever since trump took office, I have prayed that our Joint Chiefs knew what they were doing and that their allegiance to our country would be enough to hold the line, particularly given how quickly Flynn abandoned his loyalty.
Flynn drank the koolaid.
Seriously! It is totally scary to see how someone with a decorated military career, who was national security advisor and has had access to everything, could turn so quickly. I guess that I was being very naïve to think that no American would be capable of doing such a thing. Now we have a huge mess to deal with, from determining who has compromised us, determining what damage has been done by Russian hacking and how to fix it, hoping that it is not too late, determining whether anyone at the Pentagon has been compromised, determining whether putin has succeeded in planting moles into our governmental infrastructure, physically cleaning and debugging places like the White House, Blair House, and other governmental offices, and a host of other issues. It appears that everything has been compromised.
I remember when they caught the Russian spy in the FBI, Robert Hannssen, posting notes in the park in Annandale. He went to church with the head of the FBI. I thought that was bad. Now what we face is so much worse. I never thought that a President of the United States would order the 82nd Airborne to Lafayette Square. This is all truly terrifying.