Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

We were just following orders - the Joint Chiefs and the War with ISIS
US Defense Watch ^ | November 27, 2015 | Ray Starmann

Posted on 11/27/2015 6:42:43 PM PST by pboyington

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

1 posted on 11/27/2015 6:42:43 PM PST by pboyington
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: pboyington

Deaths from CO2 - 0

Deaths from Islam - 300 million in almost 1400 years of war with everyone else

Which seems like the bigger threat?


2 posted on 11/27/2015 6:49:08 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

Jousting windmills


3 posted on 11/27/2015 6:49:15 PM PST by Sasparilla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

He’s focusing on what will line his own pockets first. He doesn’t want to spend a second fighting his own Frankenstein creation. They are doing exactly what he created them to do.


4 posted on 11/27/2015 6:49:20 PM PST by jsanders2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

Or you could just let the Russians do it. It’s cheaper that way.


5 posted on 11/27/2015 6:49:46 PM PST by Bogie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

Hopefully, President Trump and VP Cruz will bring the Joint Chiefs up on charges. They all need to be in jail (at the minimum). Dempsey is a reprehensible little prick, and a traitor to his country.


6 posted on 11/27/2015 6:50:13 PM PST by vette6387
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington
At the top levels, the big military people aren't primarily thinking about the military. Military success mostly isn't what got them to the top. It's politics. They are really, really good butt kissers. The military people who think it's maybe about more than butt kissing get purged before they can make a difference.

Joint Chiefs of Staff might as well be senators. They're back-slapping members of the Boys Club.

7 posted on 11/27/2015 6:50:56 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: vette6387

I see you suffer from dyslexia (sorry) ... that should read President Cruz and VP Trump, there fixed it for you. No thank necessary. ;-)


8 posted on 11/27/2015 6:56:55 PM PST by doc1019 (Out of my mind ... back in 5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

>We need generals who won’t sacrifice the truth for their retirement benefits. <

.
What America lacks is a US version of general Pinochet.


9 posted on 11/27/2015 6:57:44 PM PST by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Click The Pic To Donate

Support FR, Donate Monthly If You Can

10 posted on 11/27/2015 6:58:16 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

>We need generals who won’t sacrifice the truth for their retirement benefits. <

.
What America lacks is a US version of general Pinochet.


11 posted on 11/27/2015 6:58:17 PM PST by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

Why does no one stand up to any dictator? And Obama is a dictator. They’re all afraid of those standing next to them. A general isn’t sure who he can trust. Why? Because he knows the guy standing next to him probably got to the top the same way he did.

And the congress doesn’t do anything because 90%, if not more, are looking for their retirement just like the military. How are they kept in line? Every now and then one of them goes to prison.


12 posted on 11/27/2015 7:07:11 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington
Just following orders was tried at Nuremberg and it didn't work.

Tell us a different story.

13 posted on 11/27/2015 7:10:15 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SandRat

A coward’s tale! Die a thousand deaths.


14 posted on 11/27/2015 7:14:12 PM PST by pke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: pboyington
 photo ORulesOfEngagement_zpsezlfrwdj.jpg
15 posted on 11/27/2015 7:14:36 PM PST by HotHunt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bogie
It’s cheaper that way.

With the way we are fighting we are spending about 5 million per casualty.

16 posted on 11/27/2015 7:25:27 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

The Joint Chiefs are political appointee geldings. They (unfortunately) are more interested in their positions/power than they care about Free America.


17 posted on 11/27/2015 7:43:39 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pboyington

“We need generals who won’t sacrifice the truth for their retirement benefits.

What we need now are moral heroes, not moral cowards.”

The receipt of government checks and benefits corrupts without regard to class, creed, social station.

The joint chiefs are corrupted as much as anyone down at the projects. Folks who think they are stalwart conservatives are corrupted. Many here are good examples.

It’s exactly why our founding fathers expertly didn’t want us to become what we clearly have become.

The folks paying for it all can’t afford it.

The JCS are no better than a Crack shore with an ebt card.


18 posted on 11/27/2015 7:44:06 PM PST by RFEngineer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jsanders2001

Strong words condemning the generals. True words though.


19 posted on 11/27/2015 7:51:53 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Lurkinanloomin

Actually, it can be extremely deadly:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos
1700 people were killed


20 posted on 11/27/2015 9:19:46 PM PST by DrGunsforHands
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson