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When genocide has been carried out in this country almost with impunity and when it is near to completion

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surprising you of freedom isn't deserving of a people approach. Hello and I'm Matthew Galt. Which side is the

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Which side is the military on anyway?

And the political battles at the heart of our democracy,

they've been AWOL, just as they should be.

The military is an expressly non-political institution, even if they do report to an elected commander-in-chief.

But with political divisions deepening, could that change?

Elliot Ackerman took on just that issue in a recent column for the New York Times.

Ackerman is a combat veteran, journalist, and author, and he's here to talk to us today.

And his newest book is 2034.

All right, so thanks for joining us, and can you start by giving us the thrust of your piece in the times?

Sure, person, thanks for having me on guys. Yes, so the piece I wrote in the Times I think's just

evidences what I think is becoming obvious, which is that we're entering into a cycle of contested elections.

I don't say that as a partisan, but in 2016 was not what I think we would call a smooth election with a smooth transition in which everyone in the country felt great about the outcome.

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