Inspiration and Integrity

If you want to watch a four-minute video that will inspire you to the point of tears, you won’t do much better than this.

Admiral William H. McRaven has been a voice of integrity over the past five years.  He’s spoken in unison with many others at the top of our military, as Trump was clearing peaceful protestors for a photo-op, abandoning our allies in Syria, using our troops against legitimate protestors, disempowering NATO, pardoning war criminals, and referring to our fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers.”

This, FWIW, is why there can be no civil war / coup d’etat of even short-lived success.  Our military’s top generals and admirals are people of great honor.  The fact that they, in general, despise Trump is incidental; what drives them is their feelings to the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law that underpins it.

There is no doubt that some of those who occupy the lower ranks are Trump supporters, but that too is beside the point.  They follow orders, and therefore it is assured that an insurrection, even if it’s thousands of times larger than that of January 6th, will be squashed like a bug.