In 1975, my ROTC professor, a three-tour Vietnam veteran, asked me during a scholarship interview if our government should use mercenaries in future conflicts. The Vietnam conflict had ended horrifically that year. Our military had won every battle but lost the war. He approved of my answer and granted me the scholarship.
I answered without hesitation. I thought the US should never use mercenary forces. Mercenaries are not subject to the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and they would also not be subject to the Status of Forces Agreement, a negotiation between our government and foreign countries outlining judicial necessities if our military violates their laws. Historically, neither document has been perfectly followed, but they provide guidance and accountability.
Donald Trump has inserted mercenaries into our government. Elon Musk and his cyber-creeps have invaded our Treasury Department. They don’t have the people’s blessing to handle government funds. These unauthorized people don’t have security clearances to tinker with our data or manipulate our governmental funds. We did not elect Elon Musk, aka Mr. X. Mr. X and his mercenaries are doing a combination of their own and Trump’s bidding. Not ours.
I have begged Representative Thompson and Senators Schiff and Padilla in Congress to invoke the 14th Amendment, Section Three, to stop President Trump from continuing his insurrectionist agenda. A hundred and fifty years ago, our Congress made the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments the law of the land to prevent another civil war. I humbly ask the Democratic leadership in Congress to stop this evisceration of our government and the incursion of mercenaries who serve no one but themselves.
Major Mel Brinkley, USAF, Retired
Is it so terrible that DOGE is cutting unneeded waste from our government that is almost $40 trillion in debt? Have you seen some of the programs and pet projects that our taxpayer money is being wasted on? It’s about time that someone looks into this and makes the needed adjustments. Musk is not a mercenary, he’s a true patriot.
This Trump catastrophe was entirely predictable given the fact he has already been ranked as the worst President in American history. Trump has allowed a South African born self-proclaimed Nazi to run rampant with illegal actions throughout the Federal Government. He is an unelected and unconfirmed shadow government official that has been handed enormous power. As I speak the Federal Judiciary is fighting back with numerous preliminary injunctions to stop this widespread lawlessness.
“South African born self-proclaimed Nazi”
This is so false, why does the Vanguard allow statements like this?