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This articles and others like it are not about generals retiring and running for office. They are about retired generals making political endorsements. https://twitter.com/Doctrine_Man/status/1288816610321596417
In my discussion with @Martin_Dempsey earlier this year, we touched on this toward the end https://warontherocks.com/2020/04/gen-ret-martin-e-dempsey-on-following-and-leading/
What is the proper role of retired general and flag officers in our politics? We've been publishing articles on the topic for years over at @WarOnTheRocks. For example, here is Frank Hoffman back in 2014 https://warontherocks.com/2014/08/a-new-american-military-ethic/
Here is @DrJJoyner back in 2016 https://warontherocks.com/2016/08/generals-and-political-interventions-in-american-history/
@DWBarno76 @norabensahel in 2016 https://warontherocks.com/2016/09/how-to-get-generals-out-of-politics/
Here is @KoriSchake in 2018 https://warontherocks.com/2018/08/mcravens-rousing-protest-are-civil-military-and-democratic-norms-in-tension/
@m_robinson771 in 2018: https://warontherocks.com/2018/08/danger-close-military-politicization-and-elite-credibility/
@LorenRaeDeJ in 2019 https://warontherocks.com/2019/02/post-chaos-homework-on-civil-military-relations/
Oh missed another 2018 article, this one by @CarrieALee1 https://warontherocks.com/2018/08/mcravens-message-leadership-and-the-profession-of-arms/
A pod with @RisaBrooks12 Peter Feaver @jimgolby @ahfdc in 2019 https://warontherocks.com/2019/11/the-four-stars-and-the-state-the-state-of-civil-military-affairs-in-2019/
