Since Donald Trump’s first term, they have been viewed comfortingly as the “adults in the room,” a last line of defense against the impulsive whims of a president with access to the nuclear codes.
Now – after an unprecedented wave of firings that has been compared by some to Stalin’s purges – the Pentagon top brass no longer seem like such a reliable bulwark.
About 60% have been Black or female, an approach seemingly driven by the administration’s proclaimed onslaught against “DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hires”.
The difference is that in Stalin’s purges, the purgees were bodily harmed.
The effect on the state and its functionality is the same: anyone deemed threatening is removed from power, and the replacements are not chosen for their competence.
The very thing that the crusade against DEI was (ostensibly) meant to prevent. Again: every accusation is a confession.