A decorated colonel in line for a promotion to brigadier (one star) general has run into a wall of opposition after Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) discovered his 2020 op-ed criticizing racism. According to the Washington Post, Col. Ben Jonsson is in line for the promotion after working as chief of staff for the Illinois-based Air Mobility Command, which oversees 110,000 employees. The Post noted that Jonsson — a graduate of the Air Force Academy — “is fluent in Arabic, has seven Air Medals, and flew 900 combat hours over Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria,” who is described as “a devout Christian dev…