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Ret. Gen. John Allen Says Donald Trump Could Cause 'Civil Military Crisis'
2016-08-01
[ABC] Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen said that if Republican nominee Donald Trump becomes president and follows through on some of the things he's said on the campaign trail, the U.S. could face a "civil military crisis, the like of which we've not seen in this country."

"When we swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, which is a document and a set of principles and it supports the rule of law, one of those is to ensure that we do not obey illegal orders," Allen told told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."

In the past, Trump has supported the use of waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques, and has said the military should kill the families of alleged terrorists.

"He's talked about needing to torture. He's talked about needing to murder the families of alleged terrorists," Allen said. "He's talked about carpet-bombing ISIL. Who do you think is going to carpet-bombed when all that occurs? It's going to be innocent families."

Were Trump to order such things, Allen said, he would be ordering illegal actions.

"What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things," Allen said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  ...cause it worked so well in Iraq?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-08-01 22:20  

#12  The administration has forced all of the SOLDIERS out of the general officer ranks.

What is left is a bunch of true believing apparatiks and sycophants.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2016-08-01 16:45  

#11  Ambition override.....sad to see it in a Marine, but even the Corps has palace princes now.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2016-08-01 16:42  

#10  #2 - Jill Kelley
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-01 15:52  

#9  Courtney Massengale?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-08-01 13:41  

#8  Yeah. He is a jackass.

Hillary confiscating weapons could become a civil military crises, dumbass.
Posted by: newc   2016-08-01 11:21  

#7  The problem here is Allen has always been a politician. That is how he made General. His peers despised him. He live at the Pentagon and in the DC circles. All of this and his decision making processes are flawed.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2016-08-01 10:24  

#6  #2 I wonder what they have on him?
Posted by: One Eyed Fleatle6138 Other than the Jill Kelly e-mails, not much. I think Allen's personal ambition caused him to actually pursue and suck up to them. He was a failure in Afghanistan and Iraq and the stinky brown on his perfumed prince nose is an embarrassment.

Posted by: Tennessee   2016-08-01 10:05  

#5  That is what should be addressed. Not a claim of impartiality/silence of the uniform military.

None of those argued against the defense of the United States

You might want to consider a large portion of the US officer corps who 'went south' in 1861.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-08-01 08:35  

#4  None of those argued against the defense of the United States or for Islamic supremacy.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-08-01 07:56  

#3  I don't agree with the man, bur let's get it right (unlike the Left). In uniform and in service, Winfield Scott ran for the Presidency. In the 19th Century you had Washington, Harrison, Jackson et al taking turns on a pattern of military service to the office. In fact it was general Zachary Taylor who commanded the Northern theater in the Mexican American war who would become President. Scott would take Mexico City, but Taylor would win Washington.

The separation of the military leaders from politics is something that evolved in the 20th Century. Even then you better believe that Eisenhower had to be a politician while in uniform to deal with the egos of Churchill and de Gaulle.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-08-01 06:45  

#2  I wonder what they have on him?
Posted by: One Eyed Fleatle6138   2016-08-01 05:06  

#1  Military leaders do not belong at political conventions
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-08-01 03:23  

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