insurrection. they described this nightmare scenario of competing commanders in chief. this is what they write. they say in a contested election with loyalty split, some might follow orders from the rightful commander in chief, while others might follow the trumpian loser. arms might not be secure depending on who was overseeing them. under such a scenario, it s not outlandish to say a milt breakdown could lead to civil war. now, that is pretty hyperbolic but do you think it is a legitimate concern? well, it i mean, in theory, if you have a real question as to who is in charge, um, you you you may you could possibly lose discipline over people. that didn t happen, thankfully, this year. um, and i hope it would never happen in the future but the fact that what we saw on january 6th were actual were people actually breaking in on capitol hill and there is an issue about whether or not the guard the national guard or the or the military being called out. i mean, we need to
intervene on behalf of the trump campaign. that was unsuccessful. you know, it s going to be very interesting to see what are these various links between all these groups and members of congress and the white house and the trump campaign and people who were, you know, all the all the bizarre groups like like the proud boys. all the these connections we re just beginning to scratch the surface. we are at the tip of the iceberg right now and the committee clearly knows more than we do right now and it s going to be interesting to see what they dribble out over the next few months. so, three retired u.s. army generals wrote this recent column for the washington post. it was pretty stunning and they warned pentagon leaders to prepare now for another insurrection. they described this nightmare scenario of competing commanders in chief. this is what they write. they say in a contested election with loyalty split, some might follow orders from the rightful commander in chief, whil