Tuesday Sep 06, 2016 · 3:30 PM EDT
Given that the five men Donald Trump revealed to The Washington Post in March are among his national security advisers, some of the names on a roster of 88 retired high-level military figures who have signed a letter endorsing the candidate should come as no surprise. The letter states:
The 2016 election affords the American people an urgently needed opportunity to make a long-overdue course correction in our national security posture and policy. As retired senior leaders of America’s military, we believe that such a change can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for, the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world.
For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next Commander-in-Chief. For the past eight years, America’s armed forces have been subjected to a series of ill-considered and debilitating budget cuts, policy choices and combat operations that have left the superb men and women in uniform less capable of performing their vital missions in the future than we require them to be. [...]
For this reason, we support Donald Trump and his commitment to rebuild our military, to secure our borders, to defeat our Islamic supremacist adversaries and restore law and order domestically. We urge our fellow Americans to do the same.
While each signer had a lengthy (and frequently distinguished) career, Russell Berman at The Atlantic pointedly notes that : “None of the signatories was a service chief or led a major combatant command.”
Moreover, while 88 may sound impressive, Mitt Romney—remember him?—had endorsements from 500 ex-military, including a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Read more
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/6/1567275/-There-are-some-real-winners-among-the-88-retired-military-leaders-who-signed-letter-endorsing-Trump
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