He won’t call out radical Islam.. that makes me question his true grasp of our situation. That makes him a PC water carrier for the Muslim brotherhood. Maybe his service was too displaced from the front lines to see yazidi children burned alive in cages.. after being gang raped, of course.
If he hasn’t said the words, it could just be because he’s still in uniform....
...and I’ve had enough personal experience with unwritten, unspoken but absolute Thou Shalt Nots that came along with the suit in my day to guess that the stuff’s been running eyebrow deep for this current generation and that goes up by orders of magnitude for flag officers.
Maybe I’m overthinking this but I think this “not calling out radical Islam” business is all about getting through the confirmation process. Once confirmed, he’ll have the necessary “change of heart”.
I am willing to hear out what the Liberator of Tal Afar has to say.