'Scared' Ex-Generals Stay Silent Over Fear Trump Will Use Rare Military Law Against Them

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6. Don't surrender, or obey in advance

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as a retired military officer, I have a very simple take on this issue.

First, the extremely rare and unprecedented "recall" to active duty has only been used in extremely limited cases when crimes were committed while on active duty and discovered AFTER retirement, or for particularly despicable crimes, like murder, rape, treason, kidnapping, production and distribution of child porn. In the entire nations history, there has NEVER been a retired veteran recalled to active duty to face a Courts Martial for mean tweets about a president. In fact, the act of recalling a retired veteran to active duty to face UCMJ charges, is considered so extreme, that only the Secretary of the branch concerned has the ability to do so.

Second - if we are in a country where the Secretary of the Army, Air Force, or Navy would recall a retired veteran for this...

- if we are in a country where that veterans neighbors, family, friends, coworkers, fellow parishioners and community would stand by and allow that to happen....

- if we are in a country where a senior flag officer would convene a Court Martial for this veteran....

- if we are in a country where a senior JAG officer would agree to serve as the presiding judge in this veterans trial...

and

- if we are in a country where 6 of the 8 Active Duty Officers and Enlisted assigned as Court Martial members would convict this veteran...

then

THE COUNTRY THIS VETERAN SERVED HONORABLY FOR 20-30 YEARS IS NO LONGER WORTH FIGHTING FOR!