ETA: ref the post about the letter from the retired generals/admirals.
Some fraction of retired flag officers being over-the-top jingoistic and seeing a commie under every bush are hardly something new.
About once a year since I was a kid somebody says something really stupid. The problem today is the ability of RW media to proclaim this is new, different, and that this bunch of guys is somehow a majority well-thought out position. And thereby convince 150 million RW-besotted zombies that this is accurate info.