Do we need a "mad dog as the Secretary of Defense

Things are standing on their heads these days in politics these days.  The winner of the popular vote for POTUS is out walking her dog and the guy who carried the electoral college is still out there  campaigning like it is November 7, 2016.

Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States.  He felt that life long professional soldiers should abstain from seeking high political office.  In spite of that reluctance to run for office immediately after WWII he was elected president in 1952 and re-elected in 1956.

Eisenhower was prophetic in his concerns about the development of a "military industrial complex" and the need for an alert and knowledgeable citizenry to make sure that things did not go wrong.

Donald Trump has indicate he will nominate Marine General James Mattis.  This breaks a streak of keeping the generals from running the Department of Defense that goes back to General George Marshall who was Secretary of Defense for a short period of time under President Truman.

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