How many of those folks also took the Qanon oath? Michael Flynn did, and id wager quite a lot many of the other signees to that letter did too.
I didnāt think much Trumpās policies, for the most part; but, man, his enemies are the right ones. Getting rid of neocons and RINOs? Say it aināt so! 
Ironically, Trump is a RINO, which tells you something about his followers.
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IME, this was all over the news. Showed up in my google feed, and I heard it on NPR.
I guess the best and brightest just went with a baseless assertion. A strange move if they knew something we didnāt 
He is. But heās close enough to decent to drive out many of the biggest shit bags.
Or attract different big shit bags.
Trump is āclose enough to decentā?
Okayā¦
Letās see hereā¦
In one corner, we have a collection of hundreds of retired flag officers of which there are not very many at all (only a few hundred active duty O-7 to O-10). These people, who gain nothing from this action, share the same basic set of concerns Iāve been raising here since I decided to start writing on PWI concerning leftist thought, rhetoric and policy in the modern era. These people were all career military and trusted with incredible responsibility for their entire lives.
In the other corner, we have a collection of woke know-nothings, establishment Dems and people who readily believe media narratives telling us that these high-integrity, high-intelligence, and high-minded people are simply not to be believed.
You should instead believe the people whoāve been literally wrong about everything for the last five years plus. People whoāve made no accurate predictions or analysis aside from predicting that Trump will say something mean on Twitter. Trump came and went, fulfilling no predictions of the unhinged left and their media propagandists.
If you find yourself nodding in agreement with Greta Thunberg, LeBron James, CNN or Joe Biden but find a triple digit collection of retired flag officers to be misguided fools, please consider buying a wonderful bridge from me.
If they are wrong, there is nothing at stake. Things will continue on as they have. If they are right, everything is at stake.
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LMAO. You donāt āshareā information with China.
You either give or sell it to them.
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Me too.
What about previous letters from subject matter experts at very high levels that were highly critical of Trump?
Itās not either/or you know.
Iāll confess I only listened to Sabbath because of Dio. I donāt know any of their earlier songs other than Iron Man.
Trump is not the President anymore and he wonāt ever be again. I had plenty of concerns about Trump, his initial pandemic messaging and especially his demeanor and ineffective, often counterproductive style of communication. Those concerns are downright trivial compared to my concerns with the left.
Pandemic policy, which I see no reason to believe would have been handled better by any likely alternative, is the most valid criticism IMO. His other policies were generally great, as far as government policies go. That doesnāt mean they were perfect, but I canāt see any measurable negatives to them when comparing against the alternative, which weāre presently seeing in-action.
Trump came and went, giving us the gift of putting leftist lunacy on full display for everyone to see. It is the gift that keeps on giving as the march towards leftist totalitarianism continues in observable, describable and measurable outcomes. At least we donāt have to use our imaginations to ponder the mysterious butterfly effects of Trumpās tweets, conclude heās literally Hitler, and then self-righteously judge the shit out of anyone who doesnāt share our wild opinions.
Meanwhile, a sitting and now former President was banned from social media, which is to say the most important media today. It is not the Republicans who are happy to see their political opponents silenced and actively promoting that outcome. The people who support this idea are actively rejecting a core fundamental American value, along with many other core values. These are not fungible principles to me.
Hence my concern.
Edit, the most important thing to remember about the experts you mention is that most of them were wrong about Trump. Dead wrong. Nothing they predicted panned out that way.
Double Edit: I know there were high-ranking military who spoke out against Trump, but were there ever so many actual retired generals and admirals (that whole list is O-7 to O-10) to agree on so many deeply troubling and specific points?
Is there an equivalent collection of people with such high levels of civic responsibility with (presumably) high-minded understanding of civic duty who also had the wisdom gained through decades of serious responsibility?
lolz.
If they are right, wouldnāt they put in the effort to say why they are right? So far they are going with an appeal to authority fallacy, so it should just be disregarded until they can show why they are correct.
Iām not here to prove their points for them at this point. If you guys think theyāre full of shit, well, thatās your choice. Believe your own truth, as leftists are fond of saying. Who knows, maybe weāre just about to turn the corner to begin our march towards liberty, prosperity and justice for all under the Joe Biden administrationās leadership. Maybe we just need to pass HR 1 and weāll get there.
The retired flag officersā concerns were well-explained in the letter. Many of their resumeās can be looked up on Wikipedia. If you donāt think thereās any evidence to support any of their concerns, well, please consider purchasing a bridge from me in the near future. I have several that are for sale.
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Sometimes (most times) you give it to them without knowing that you did.
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I donāt necessarily think beliefs are a choice. Iām unable to believe something like this as itās not supported by evidence. If I did believe something like this, I would change my belief when someone pointed out that my belief was unfounded.
Belief in what? What exactly are you talking about?
Iām assuming you mean that youāre unable to believe that the concerns of this triple-digit collection of retired flag officers are valid. You regard them as uninformed fools whoāve arrived at their position by lacking the sort of awareness you have.
Do I understand you correctly?
Yeah, but I canāt believe some countries are still dumb enough to think theyāll play nice and reciprocate in kind when they give them important stuff.
And intellectual property? Theyāve blatantly stolen everything from the old ICQ platform to YouTube without any form of repercussion. Go check out QQ and youku.
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Yes. Other than credentials makes their statement believable?
No, many people do stuff like this. They might even be right, they just have not demonstrated why I or anyone else should believe them.