‘Too Naive Or Too Stupid To Be CO’: Leaked Speech Transcript Shows Navy Secretary Modly Trashing Fired Carrier Captain To Group Of Sailors

Acting Secretary to the Navy Thomas Modly flew to Guam Monday and delivered a fiery speech to the sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt after their captain was fired over a leaked letter pleading for those infected with the coronavirus.

The speech, a transcript of which was obtained by the Daily Caller, backs the decision to relieve Capt. Brett Crozier of his duties. Modly called the letter, which begged the Navy to send resources and help the at least 155 sailors on board who have the virus, a “betrayal of trust.”

“So think about that when you cheer the man off the ship who exposed you to that,” Modly added. “I understand you love the guy. It’s good that you love him. But you’re not required to love him.”

The acting Secretary to the Navy added that Crozier did not go through the proper channels. He repeatedly talked about breaking a “chain of command” and told the sailors that they should never go to the media for issues.

“And I’m gonna tell you something, all of you, there is never a situation where you should consider the media a part of your chain of command,” Modly said. “Because the media has an agenda and the agenda that they have depends on which side of the political aisle they sit, and I’m sorry that’s the way the country is now, but it’s the truth. And so they use it to divide us and use it to embarrass the Navy. They use it to embarrass you.”

“Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.”

“We’re left with a question of—the Uniform Code of Military Justice is a law passed by Congress—it’s not the White House’s law. It’s not the Pentagon’s law. It’s a congressional system of justice, and it works pretty well. And I think we’ve seen command influence by President Trump in a manner that if he was a general court martial authority, two-star general, we’d fire him. So we got a real problem,” McCaffrey said on MSNBC.

Regarding the president himself, McCaffrey said, “Some of the things he’s saying are unsettling. They’re bizarre. Striking cultural targets, telling the Iraqis we won’t withdraw unless you pay for our Air Force base. Some of this language sounds unhinged. And, you know, one wonders where the Senate is in terms of being a constraining moderating influence on a president of the United States.”

You feel free to quote and admire Gen Barry McCaffrey. I say he is a sold-out son of a bitch Never-Trumper liar!

During Operation Desert Storm, McCaffrey commanded 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). Under his command, the division conducted the “left hook” attack 230 miles (370 km) into Iraq, leading to decisive battle victory in the Persian Gulf War and also putting troops in place for the final battle of the war.

In his book “Prodigal Soldiers,” James Kitfield recounted McCaffrey’s “left hook” attack plan. McCaffrey commanded “two entire Army corps deep into Iraqi territory. If successful, and no army in history had ever moved a force that size over 300 miles (480 km) on the time line General Norman J. Schwarzkopf was reciting, the move would flank the Republican Guard divisions in Kuwait and cut off all avenues of retreat ... The briefing left McCaffrey slightly stunned. He was part of the flanking force, and his mind was already starting to race over a logistics problem the war colleges would call a potential war-stopper, yet he had one overriding thought: We’re not going to fight a war of attrition, or a limited war. It was a revelation. He saw now that the Army was going to play to its strengths and the enemy’s weakness. By God, we learned. We learned (from the lessons of Vietnam).”

what have you done with your life?

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