Your original assertion was that “He [Trump] wanted his generals to look like generals”. To me, that implies he wanted ALL his generals to look like generals.
The NBC news article you cite asserts that he hired “THE [emphasis mine] generals because they looked the part”. It was specifically referencing Generals Mattis, Kelly, McMaster, and Flynn.
Those are the Generals he hired specifically to represent his Administration and White House.
Is that any worse than “hiring” a Vice President because they are a female of color?
Yes, I understand that you thought General Flynn looked like an elf. That’s immediately followed by your paragraph about wondering why President Trump hired General Flynn since he “hired people based on their looks”. I don’t think it’s a big leap to read that as you believing President Trump would have shared your view of General Flynn not looking like someone from central casting.
The New York Times article is behind a pay wall. So, I can’t test whatever assertions are made there.
Yes, I read your article. Yes, I understand you discussed only General Flynn’s beliefs that “we must have one religion” or “we have to have one religion”. I’m not sure which is the actual quote you want me to dissect. The first is from your response to my comment. The second is from your article.
Neither of the quotes call for establishment of a state religion or preventing the exercise thereof. That seemed to be a point of your article. That the establishment of a state religion (which General Flynn did not call for) was incongruent with the First Amendment.
Having one religion may be something that he believes we should have or even “must” have to be “one nation under God”.
As an American, he’s entitled to have his own beliefs, isn’t he? Or would you deny him that?
It doesn’t matter whether those beliefs make sense or are even based in reality. He should still be entitled to them, shouldn’t he?
I mean, is having a belief like General Flynn’s really any worse than say, believing a $1.5 trillion tax and spend law won’t cost anything?
I don’t know what service ROTC your date was in or when. But, in the late 80s, repeated failed classes would have resulted in the loss of an Air Force ROTC scholarship.
