The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : The Only Way Trump Could Actually ‘Drain the Swamp’
President-elect Donald Trump’s message for the nation’s senior
military leadership is ambiguously unambiguous. Here is he on 60 Minutes
just days after winning the election.
Trump: “We have some great generals. We have great generals.”
Lesley Stahl: “You said you knew more than the generals about ISIS.”
Trump: “Well, I’ll be honest with you, I probably do because look at
the job they’ve done. OK, look at the job they’ve done. They haven’t
done the job.”
In reality, Trump, the former reality-show host,
knows next to nothing about ISIS, one of many gaps in his education that
his impending encounter with actual reality is likely to fill. Yet when
it comes to America’s generals, our president-to-be is on to something.
No doubt our three- and four-star officers qualify as “great” in the
sense that they mean well, work hard, and are altogether fine men and
women. That they have not “done the job,” however, is indisputable—at
least if their job is to bring America’s wars to a timely and successful
conclusion.
