If all our officer corps and the nco’s care about is whether or not the tyrant pays them well, what does that say about you guys?

I think it would be a mistake to bring the military in this discussion in any substantive form. This is a problem for civil society and the buck cannot be passed. If civil society cannot maintain itself as a democracy, one should not rely on armed men to restore it. In this political fight everyone must be out of uniform.

The challenge of course is that the Left is quasi-military in culture and orientation. They are a hive. It took 14 years to bring down Marcos. The point is it takes a long time to bring about deep social change. But one can always start now. Then every day will bring it closer.