Why military men pushing back on Trump is an 'extraordinary' event in American democracy - 2020-06-05

Why military men pushing back on Trump is an 'extraordinary' event in American democracy June 5, 2020, Alexander Panetta, CBC News

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An aberrant event in the life of the American republic unfolded this week in the haze of flash-bang grenades, tear gas and fires.

In one of the world's oldest continuing democracies, past and present military officials pushed back on a president talking about deploying troops on U.S. soil.

"It's really extraordinary," said Richard Kohn, a University of North Carolina military historian who studies civilian control of the military.

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