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The more that civilian leaders treat the military as a partisan institution, the more the military will start behaving like a partisan institution—and the less it can be relied on to fight and win wars.
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Officers serve under both parties across the course of their careers. If they are branded as allies of one party, they risk being treated as enemies by the other. The result would be a cycle of partisan purges that leaves the military disoriented, demoralized, and ineffective.
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In the absence of clear information, worst-case theories fill the vacuum, feeding uncertainty and suspicion. Those suspicions spread not only in the military but also in the public.
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Officers understand that their professional ethics demand not just neutrality but the avoidance of even the appearance of partisanship. That means resisting the temptation to signal approval when politicians indulge in partisan theatrics.
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For a military audience, clapping in the wrong place can be as consequential as taking a side. And it signals a grave threat to military readiness and security.
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Military representatives resisted calls to “loosen up” and stayed professional, barely reacting to partisan lines—even when those lines included lengthy riffs about an “enemy within.”
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The “enemy” being discussed was not a foreign adversary, but part of the very public the military is sworn to serve. This shift in focus from defending the homeland to controlling it is leaving the US vulnerable and opening power vacuums for enemies to fill.
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Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, the armed forces have faced disorienting shifts and a sharp pivot toward escalated strikes in the Western Hemisphere. These moves have come with little explanation—either to junior ranks or to the general public.
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