Cover of Martin Luther King, Jr. Jeh C. Johnson, the Department of Defense’s general counsel, believes he would.  In the DoD‘s annual commemmoration of Dr. King’s legacy, Johnson posed the question “If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, would he understand why the United States is at war?”  Here was his answer: “I believe that if Dr. King were alive today, he would recognize that we live in a complicated world, and that our nation’s military should not and cannot lay down its arms and leave the American people vulnerable to terrorist attack.” He then invoked the parable of the Good Samaritan to explain his belief. Johnson said King criticized those who are compassionate by proxy, noting the civil rights leader told the audience in Memphis … Read entire article »