Good point! To add to your point, the NSC is NOT the military and it used to be that opposing points of view were welcome in NSC discussions. (I participated in quite a number of them some years ago and no one was ever fired for a dissenting opinion or for taking an “unpopular” stance.)
I wonder, however, why no mention of the dismissal of K.T. McFarland as Deputy NSA back in April? I had a few discussions with her several years ago and I was extremely impressed with her in-depth command of details on a broad range of foreign policy topics, including terrorism.
Wasn’t K. T. McFarland appointed as U.S. ambassador to Singapore?
She needs to be brought back to Washington. The woman would be an asset to the Trump team in DC.