I think you are overreacting in calling it a constitutional coup. The operational sentence is at the end of your quote,” But I think it was Austin that convinced Biden to give him that command so he could transmit it to Kurilla.”. The chain of command was preserved. Basically the military convinced Biden that Sullivan and Blinken were out of their minds area of competence and that the risk of nucleur war was too high. Thank God that they did.
It is hyperbolic to label as a coup the replacement of one group of advisors by another. Biden is likely incompetent mentally, in the irritable phase of dementia as displayed by his reaction to reporter’s questions before his statement on the meeting with Starmer. The historical analogy would be Woodrow Wilson after his stroke and Edith Wilson replacing House as the power behind the throne. But we are on the edge of nucleur war, and the worry is that a non-demented Kamala Harris will throw in her lot with the Blinken-Sullivan-Nuland deep state view of how to act in foreign policy, and her gamble that Putin is bluffing will turn out wrong. Then it will be like the series of events playing out before WW1 except on a time scale of minutes, not days.
Not surprising even to me just a reader of books, unlike you who have professional experience and first hand knowledge. The MIC is in control and have been, basically, since WW II. We should realize that after Ike made his farewell address and warned us about it. Who would know better than him, the General of the Army in WW II, actually below Marshall, though in charge of the European theater. JFK would tell you that too, if he could have, but he had an unfortunate accident. Oh, well, nothing I can do about it but voice my concern. Lucky we're not living in Gaza or Ukraine, or North Korea.
We've heard similar reports in the past. All turned out to be wishful thinking.
Unless and until we get confirmation, I would take this with a grain of salt.
That said, I would think it is the job of the military to tell the president what they can and cannot realistically achieve,. lest the figurehead's mouth start writing checks that his ass cannot cash.
So, you think it's a good idea to give control to the military branch? That isn't how our government is supposed to operate. We don't elect them. Sure, they can advise and consult. That's their job, but not to make the final decisions.
I think you are overreacting in calling it a constitutional coup. The operational sentence is at the end of your quote,” But I think it was Austin that convinced Biden to give him that command so he could transmit it to Kurilla.”. The chain of command was preserved. Basically the military convinced Biden that Sullivan and Blinken were out of their minds area of competence and that the risk of nucleur war was too high. Thank God that they did.
It is hyperbolic to label as a coup the replacement of one group of advisors by another. Biden is likely incompetent mentally, in the irritable phase of dementia as displayed by his reaction to reporter’s questions before his statement on the meeting with Starmer. The historical analogy would be Woodrow Wilson after his stroke and Edith Wilson replacing House as the power behind the throne. But we are on the edge of nucleur war, and the worry is that a non-demented Kamala Harris will throw in her lot with the Blinken-Sullivan-Nuland deep state view of how to act in foreign policy, and her gamble that Putin is bluffing will turn out wrong. Then it will be like the series of events playing out before WW1 except on a time scale of minutes, not days.
Not surprising even to me just a reader of books, unlike you who have professional experience and first hand knowledge. The MIC is in control and have been, basically, since WW II. We should realize that after Ike made his farewell address and warned us about it. Who would know better than him, the General of the Army in WW II, actually below Marshall, though in charge of the European theater. JFK would tell you that too, if he could have, but he had an unfortunate accident. Oh, well, nothing I can do about it but voice my concern. Lucky we're not living in Gaza or Ukraine, or North Korea.
Alek, so are you Lee returning from the dead ... lol
We've heard similar reports in the past. All turned out to be wishful thinking.
Unless and until we get confirmation, I would take this with a grain of salt.
That said, I would think it is the job of the military to tell the president what they can and cannot realistically achieve,. lest the figurehead's mouth start writing checks that his ass cannot cash.
So, you think it's a good idea to give control to the military branch? That isn't how our government is supposed to operate. We don't elect them. Sure, they can advise and consult. That's their job, but not to make the final decisions.
Who said anything about "final decisions"? Or a "good idea"?
The whole story is vague. Although I suppose Austin could resign, with the effect of throwing the entire enterprise into chaos.