As to the reasons for this rising extremism, he argued that “military institutions tend to become more conservative and isolated from civilian society” and that “these conservative tendencies are constantly reinforced, and young military members can be easy prey for the extreme right-wing groups that relate through similar conservative ideology. Unfortunately, the United States Criminal Code and the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not currently provide the tools to deal with this crisis, as they do not treat domestic extremism as a specific criminal offense,” he wrote, adding, “Codifying domestic extremism as a punitive article under the military code would provide a means for commanders to adequately address the rising tide of domestic extremism.” [More]
While everyone else is understandably focused on the outrage of this embedded enemy within greasing the skids for terrorists, I’d like to call at least some of the attention to another motive at work here. This Lt. Col. Michael Schrama character is a fine one to talk about extremism in the ranks.
The masters he serves are intent on purging Oath Keepers and ensuring all orders, no matter how unlawful will be obeyed.
Meanwhile, the left has hijacked the concept to call for disobedience of lawful ones.