Trump Prepares a Pentagon Plucking Committee

The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Trump transition team is drafting an executive order to “create a board to purge general officers.” Such a board, the article’s subhead warned, “could upend military review process and raise concerns about politicization of military.”

To the first suggestion, on upending the military review process, you will find no shortage of active-duty service members who say, “Hell to the yes.”