Military is always political, whether they commit war-crimes on foreign land as they masters told them to, or whether they commit war-crimes on their own land as describes definition of Coup d’état
Yes they follow the orders of the civilian leadership which are democratically elected. The democratically elected civilian leadership is political but that’s fine since they can be removed from power via democratic elections.
The problem with having a military making political decisions is how do you remove them from power if you disagree with their political decisions?
Military is always political, whether they commit war-crimes on foreign land as they masters told them to, or whether they commit war-crimes on their own land as describes definition of Coup d’état
Yes they follow the orders of the civilian leadership which are democratically elected. The democratically elected civilian leadership is political but that’s fine since they can be removed from power via democratic elections.
The problem with having a military making political decisions is how do you remove them from power if you disagree with their political decisions?