>Even if the lap dog of the dems in general and Obama in particular, NBC, does not agree with me:
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>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-picks-tough-talking-gen-james-mad-dog-mattis-dod-n689621
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>I found this especially amusing (said by Kirsten Gillibrand)
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>"Civilian control of our military is a fundamental principle of American democracy, and I will not vote for an exception to this rule."
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>Say what????? What do civilians know about the military? Isn't civilian control of the military what has us in the mess we are in right now in the middle east?

In order to prevent the military from seizing control of the country, the US decided that it must always have civilian oversight of the military. It is a law that only a civilian can be the secretary of defense.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/113