Trump Is Tearing at the Soul of the Military

On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the soul of the American military.

At 7:06 a.m., he posted, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if Iran did not agree to open the Strait of Hormuz. The principal target of that message was the Iranian regime and the innocent men, women and children who would suffer if Trump acted on his unconscionable, reprehensible threat.

But there was another more subtle target for his words: the men and women of the United States........

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