FLASHBACK : Obama had Three 4-Star Generals on his Team and Liberals Didn’t Seem to Care

Liberals are up in arms, claiming Trump is “Militarizing” the government because he picked three retired generals for his cabinet.

However, back in 2009, Obama picked three 4-Star Generals to be on his team and Liberals didn’t seem to care.

So, the obvious question is…..

Why do they care now?

From Washinton Examiner:

News outlets ran a spate of articles and columns in recent days reflecting a level of anxiety over President-elect Trump choosing a number of retired generals for top positions in his White House.

But in January 2009, President Obama appointed the same number of retired high-ranking officers to posts that Trump has so far.

Trump has reportedly named retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as his secretary of homeland security, which brings the number of retired generals to three. Kelly would join retired Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn as national security adviser and retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as secretary of defense.

After the Kelly news, the Washington Post ran a story Wednesday headlined, “Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influence.”

The story said Trump’s pick had “intensified worries among some members of Congress and national security experts that the new administration’s policies may be shaped disproportionately by military commanders.”

The Wall Street Journal similarly said Trump’s “Choice of Generals for Top Posts Raises Concerns.”

A column at the Post said there are “concerns” over Trump’s selections, “mostly … about the larger question of drawing so much from the military.”

The left-leaning Slate website asked, “Does Trump Want to Put Generals in Charge of Everything?”

As far back as Nov. 30, the New York Times said that Trump’s “Focus on Generals for Top Jobs Stirs Worries Over Military’s Sway.”

The worry, as the Journal’s news article put it, is that putting retired generals in top posts serves as a “threat to civilian oversight of government.”

Concerns came up on Capitol Hill as well. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he worried about the message that Trump’s choice of three generals sends to the rest of the world.

“I am concerned that so many of the President-Elect’s nominees thus far come from the ranks of recently retired military officers,” Hoyer said in a statement Wednesday evening. “I worry about the signal this sends to emerging democracies that may have a history of greater confidence in their militaries than in the fledgling democratic civilian institutions whose development we, as the world’s leading democracy, have worked so hard to encourage.”

Trump is said to be considering other retired high-ranking officers for other top posts, including retired Army Gen. David Petraeus for secretary of state and retired Adm. James Stavridis, who was spotted in Trump Tower Thursday morning. He’s even reportedly considering Adm. Michael Rogers for director of national intelligence, who’s still on active duty.

But as things stand, Trump has appointed the same number that Obama did.

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