A Private Army Is Alarming, but Much More So in the Hands of the Tyrannical CCP

Soldiers from the People's Liberation Army march in formation during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China, in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Commentary

Here’s an idea to straighten out American politics. Let’s make the armed forces a branch of the Republican Party, which currently holds executive power. Man, we’d get some law and order then, right? And if you consider the idea hair-raisingly idiotic, alarming, and dictatorial, why’s it OK that the People’s Liberation Army is part not of the Chinese government but of its Communist Party?