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Threatening ‘the enemy within’ with force: Military ethicists explain the danger to important American traditions

  • Written by Marcus Hedahl, Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy
imageMembers of the Utah National Guard were deployed to Washington in June 2020 in response to public protests and demonstrations.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has declared there are serious threats to the United States. First, he said, there is “the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within...

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