What Donald Trump could learn from Joe McCarthy: The armed forces are too big to bully

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'The Army-McCarthy hearings were McCarthy's downfall. After his war with the Pentagon, the country was finally done with his anti-communist crusade,' says usatodayopinion contributor LarryTye

It was high-roller Joe McCarthy’s go-for-broke toss of the dice. In the fall of 1953, he put the U.S. Army in his crosshairs. He had already gone after the State Department, the Voice of America and the Truman White House, charging that each was infested with nests of communist moles. Now he was picking the most stouthearted and sacrosanct institution in America to make his closing case.

Many Americans readily accepted on McCarthy’s say-so that there was a Soviet plot reaching deep into the soul of our defense forces, even though that meant admitting that they too had been duped. What would we do without Joe? Others were aghast. This was the Army, after all, which had just waged a lethal war on the Korean Peninsula against gun-toting communists.

 

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usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy was right.

usatodayopinion LarryTye As vicious as McCarthy was—Evrything he said, turned out 2 be true. The communists were everywhere & had 2 be rooted out before they did 2 much damage.

usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy may not have known the magnitude of the infiltration .. we see it now..

usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy was right.

usatodayopinion LarryTye Two things stand out. McCarthy was proved correct eventually. Also, USA Today is defending to notion that the military should not have to be examined by citizen representatives.

usatodayopinion LarryTye He was right.

usatodayopinion LarryTye Internet Leftist rage mobs canceling anyone who doesn't toe their line: Today's McCarthyism.

usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy was right, it's in front of us, they are not hidding any more and so many are falling for it thinking they're rebels but sadly they are been used to destroy our country from within.

usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy was clearly proven right about Communists infiltrating our media and the Dem Party.

usatodayopinion LarryTye are you implying we should embrace communism?

usatodayopinion LarryTye Except McCarthy was correct, and has been vindicated by what we have seen over the last 5 decades.

usatodayopinion LarryTye CBS news helped too. Thanks Edward.

usatodayopinion LarryTye Well sure hope the country has enough brains and morals to make the same decision with Trump. But right now it’s not looking encouraging. Never been more discouraged with the American stupidity.

usatodayopinion LarryTye He was 100% correct. As your post proves.

usatodayopinion LarryTye We needed a lot more McCarthy. He was mostly right. He underestimated the enemy.

usatodayopinion LarryTye He was right...

usatodayopinion LarryTye cause the commies have clearly won. certainly they took over Hollywood

usatodayopinion LarryTye Too bad McCarthy was right when saying communist have infiltrated Hollywood, our schools and the media 🤷🏼‍♂️

usatodayopinion LarryTye McCarthy was right. He just went about it wrong.

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