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To the editor:
Gen. Mark Milley has served our country and the Constitution with distinguished honor for the last 44 years, which is longer than I've been alive. His dedication to and love for his country is undeniable. He, like all the men and women who serve our country, put the Constitution and the American people above their personal wants or needs. They are literally willing to die if it means protecting the American people and our constitution.
With this in mind, it is very difficult to write this next sentence. On Friday, Sept. 22, former President Donald Trump suggested he would execute Gen. Milley because he chose the Constitution over Donald Trump.
Think about that.
Donald Trump, who says the Constitution should be abolished because it doesn't favor him, said someone who has defended our country, its people, and the Constitution for the past 44 years should be executed because Gen. Milley put his duty and oath to the Constitution before Donald Trump.
The silence among Republicans is deafening. Almost all Congressional Republicans, state-level Republicans, even Republican candidates for president, are silent, too afraid to anger their Trump-obsessed base of support. In fact, it has become the norm for Republicans to routinely disparage our military and the brave men and women who serve.
We have a Republican senator who is denying promotions to service members based on his partisan ideology, and then claims he's the most pro-military person in the US. The leading Republican candidate for President suggests he will execute our nation's top general. 174 House Republicans voted against expanding health-care benefits for veterans. 11 Republican Senators did the same. After these obviously abhorrent votes, they go on networks like Fox or Newsmax to profess their love for the military while simultaneously disparaging the men and women who serve.
There is something deeply wrong with today's Republican party. Outsiders like me can only point these things out and hope that the people within the party do something about it. I know John McCain would have done something about it. Here's hoping there are Republicans like John McCain out there that will put country before party for a change.
Anthony Studemann
Marshall