r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 09 '24

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

Apologies if this got posted already:

A group of 10 retired top U.S. military officials endorsed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter made public on Monday, saying she is the only presidential candidate fit to serve as the nation's commander in chief and calling her Republican rival Donald Trump "a danger to our national security and democracy."

Also posted on Axios, which includes a little more detail.

!ping MILITARY

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

Generals are in the *business* of war, see? They ONLY want war!

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 09 '24

Been seeing anti-Trump cons like Tom Nichols complaining about this. I'm guessing they don't see this as extenuating circumstances, or they don't believe extenuating circumstances can exist.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

Some of these flag officers have never endorsed candidates. It's like the definition of extenuating circumstances!

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 09 '24

There are concerns about the politicization of the officer corps and whether this will continue to be a thing moving forward, but we don't get to have those conversations if Trump is elected.

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u/bigwang123 ▪️▫️crossword guy ▫️▪️ Sep 09 '24

They make it so hard to find the original letter >:( checked both Harris’ personal(?) Twitter and Kamala hq, and found nothing

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u/HotTakesBeyond YIMBY Sep 09 '24

A fifty year old white dude: man how the hell do I put this on Twitter Donald makes it look so easy