11-30-2022, 18:21
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Trust in the Military
I think many of you will appreciate this editorial in tomorrow morning's Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/america...hare_permalink
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11-30-2022, 20:55
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I understand and agree with them reference thier concerns.
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11-30-2022, 21:51
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From strategic considerations (as nations are amused by us) to clear deltas in tactical capability, to the social impacts of families with a history of martial service advising their kin not to join... we've discussed this over/under/sideways/down in these pages. The article, coming as it does from the WSJ, will get some attention and is right on, in my view.
That said, I don't see the current Pentagon flack, or Kirby now at NSC or Karine Jean-Pierre being asked serious questions about it by anyone. Nah... Jennifer Griffin is too invested in her access at the Pentagon, so they're probably safe. Kirby will simply lie, while smiling at the reporter in condescending fashion, and KJP will flip through her 11.5 pound binder while her eyelids increase their nervous flicker rate to 680 fpm.
Good article, a rock thrown against a really heavy windshield.
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11-30-2022, 21:53
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Good assessment!
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12-01-2022, 05:52
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an interesting tidbit to the article: when the Navy ended photos going to promotion boards, the promotion rate for minorities actually FELL. So that proved their theory that photos were being used to discriminate....; however, they were discriminating against WHITE people. That is why the Navy is considering going back to using photos in the boards. We had a great discussion about that yesterday with one of my guys who is a Naval Commander in the Reserves.
Of course the Army is going full speed ahead with its diversity, equity, and inclusion bullshit and stopping the practice of photos going into boards. (insert nose-picking GIF 'here').
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12-01-2022, 09:44
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FNC's Dana Perino & Bill Hemmer dug into it for 5 minutes with Gillian Turner at Pentagon & a (lady) "fellow" from the Reagan Institute, including some lies before Congress from the current (ahem) SECDEF.
This'll go away in a week, as Tim Cook swears he never said the Twitter app would be banned from the Apple Store and more are concerned with the outcome of the Georgia runoff. At News-Day+10 insert new shiny object.
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12-01-2022, 13:52
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I'd say trust eroded when a seated CJCS admittedly communicated with Chinese forces in a way that completely undermined the seated POTUS regarding matters of national security..
some might even call that high treason - I wouldn't because its probably just a misunderstanding - but some would
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