This editorial would be reasonable in a reasonable context. However, we are not experiencing reasonable behavior by Trump, far from it.

I would imagine that Yates defied Trump to raise awareness and support the Resistance. She knew she would be fired, and she also knew that in a matter of days Sessions would be the Attorney General and fully aide and abet the authoritarian takeover by Trump and Bannon. 

Soldiers not only must not obey illegal orders, they must protest and resist. Yates followed the same principles.

She chose a combative alternative that was both honorable and savvy.

I'm proud of her and thankful.

-- Paul