One of the most remarkable things about the Trump transition is the amount of military officers up for consideration for positions in his cabinet. Their is a growing fear in some quarters that Donald Trump’s Administration would become a military regime in thinly veiled civilian clothing.Last month he named General Mike Flynn as his National Security Adviser (NSA), a post that though concerned with national defense, has been traditionally occupied by bipartisan civilian stalwarts from both the Republican and Democratic parties like Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice.

For instance, former NSA Condoleezza Rice was a known protégé of President George Bush Senior , before she even served as a member of the cabinet of the second George Bush. Obama’s NSA, Susan Rice on her own part, was a member of Bill Clinton’s foreign policy team, before being recalled by Barrak Obama to serve several posts, including that of US Ambassador to the United Nations.Then we have just gotten news that James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, a former Marine General has snatched the post of Secretary of Defense, a post known traditionally as a bastion of civilians in the military dominated Pentagon.

Traditionally the military occupies only the military staff posts in the US cabinet – that is the posts of head of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, as well as the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.But with the incoming Trump presidency, the American military is set to expand its sway within American politics.

President-Elect Trump is considering appointing serving or retired military officers to at least 4 cabinet posts-that is, excluding the 4 traditionally reserved for the military.In addition to his nominations of Flynn and Mattis, he seriously considering appointing soldiers to the posts of Secretary of State and Head of National Intelligence.That’s a lot of warriors that would be sitting at Oval Office meetings, you will agree. Pundits have said Trump is making these appointments because these military types are strongmen who share the same kind of combative psyche he possesses. Yes, that is one of the reasons.

THE REAL REASON

But there is another deeper reason that comes to mind: Trump is giving the Republican Establishment their F-ck Yous for not supporting him sufficiently during the elections.Donald Trump nearly lost the election, and it was because the Republican elite didn’t really unite around him. They were very aghast that this businessman would came out of nowhere to snatch their candy. And so, they  secretly hoped that he would lose to Hillary Clinton, so that they would take back their candidacy slot in 4 years time.

They erroneously refused to defend Trump from the savage attacks he faced from the liberal media, and in fact relished those attacks openly. An example of what Trump had to face from them is House Republican Leader, Ryan Paul’s refusal to whole heartedly endorse Trump, the elected candidate of his party. He kept dillydallying over the issue that at a point it became quite ridiculous.So many Republicans said openly that they wouldn’t vote for Trump.

They were obviously disappointed that the erstwhile crown prince of the Republican establishment, Jeb Bush didn’t clinch the ticket.I remember the Never Trump Movement that even tried to see if they could change the Republican Convention rules – after Trump had democratically won the primaries! So many absurd and ridiculous things happened.The foreign policy think-tank section of the Republican Party didn’t also hide its disdain of the candidate, often refusing to back him and often attacking him, and even supporting Hillary Clinton.Politics being so strange, these Republicans... See rest of thebarticle here: http://zikistmovement.igbodefender.com/2016/12/02/trump-may-fill-cabinet-military-officers/