Obama's Military Coup Purges 197 Officers In Five Years

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Posted on 11/14/2024 6:07:40 AM PST by VeniVidiVici

Defense: What the president (Obama) calls "my military" is being cleansed of any officer suspected of disloyalty to or disagreement with the administration on matters of policy or force structure, leaving the compliant and fearful.

We recognize President Obama is the commander-in-chief and that throughout history presidents from Lincoln to Truman have seen fit to remove military commanders they view as inadequate or insubordinate.

Turnover in the military ranks is normal, and in these times of sequestration and budget cuts the numbers are expected to tick up as force levels shrink and missions change.

Yet what has happened to our officer corps since President Obama took office is viewed in many quarters as unprecedented, baffling and even harmful to our national security posture. We have commented on some of the higher profile cases, such as Gen. Carter Ham. He was relieved as head of U.S. Africa Command after only a year and a half because he disagreed with orders not to mount a rescue mission in response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi.

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Published in 2013 about Obama. Getting this out there now as the Democrat controlled media is already getting its panties in a wad over Trump getting rid of flag officers. Hopefully this gets traction.

1 posted on 11/14/2024 6:07:40 AM PST by VeniVidiVici

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