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| Subject: William Astore: "Last Night, Donald Trump Disqualified Himself" Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:39 am | |
| As a retired military officer, I watched last night's Republican debate from Detroit (transcript here) with a special focus on which candidate is qualified to lead the military as commander-in-chief. I knew, of course, that Donald Trump had promised in the past to use torture against America's enemies (last night, he called them "animals"), that he would pursue and kill not only terrorists but their families (apparently because the families always know, according to Trump, what their father/brother/sister is up to, as if there are no secrets in families). Trump, in short, is an Old Testament "eye for an eye" man: if they behead us, we'll torture and kill them, end of story.
But Trump was put on the spot when he was asked what he would do if the U.S. military failed to carry out his unlawful orders. Instead of saying he wouldn't issue unlawful orders, that he would support and defend the U.S. Constitution, which as president would be his sworn duty to uphold, Trump boasted that the military would follow his orders no matter what.
America: those are the words of a dictator.
Here's what was said:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-astore/last-night-donald-trump-d_b_9382838.html |
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