Pentagon Caught in a Perfect Political Storm

American Spectator ^ | November 19, 2018 | Jed Babbin

[detective]

The Democrat takeover of the House means ever further setbacks U.S. defense readiness.

Sebastian Junger’s book The Perfect Storm chronicled an unusual weather event when several storm fronts combined to create a storm of unimaginable strength.

Years of cuts in defense spending, the atrophying of our forces strained by seventeen years of war, President Trump’s sudden decision to cut Pentagon spending willy-nilly, and the Democrats’ taking control of the House has created a perfect political storm that will batter the Pentagon and enormously damage our national security.

Time and again, President Trump has demanded that the military be rebuilt to be the biggest, baddest actor on the planet. The 2019 Pentagon budget was increased, at Trump’s request, by an amount too small to do more than just begin the effort to repair the damage done by eight years of Obama’s cuts and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Midwesterner53]

I did a career in the Army. You are absolutely correct and that is where Mattis has been a total failure. Complete, abject failure.

[Midwesterner53]

Why would this male soldier allow himself to be humiliated like this? Clearly a beta or charlie male without any hint of gonads.

[detective]

“The DoD has a SJW injected feminazi-sex freak culture problem that will manifest itself in a very bad way”

Now that the Democrats control the House the lack of preparedness will become worse and the SJW feminazi agenda will get much worse.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>> The DoD has a SJW injected feminazi-sex freak culture problem that will manifest itself in a very bad way the first time our military comes in contact with a serious opponent.<<

Exactly right, and to my knowledge there is no one with any political influence addressing this critical national security issue.