Posted on 09/17/2023 11:47:55 PM PDT by RandFan
Army Gen. Mark Milley pushed back on claims from Republicans that the military is “woke” and as a result not prepared to take on modern threats, saying he’s “not even sure what that word truly means.”
“What I see is a military that’s exceptionally strong. It’s powerful; it’s ready. In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years,” Milley said in a CNN interview Sunday.
Republican politicians and candidates have blasted the Pentagon for so-called woke policies, pointing to efforts to recruit a diverse group of military service members and be inclusive to transgender soldiers.
Those claims have also headlined efforts to reduce military spending.
“We’re going to cut money that’s being spent on wokeism; we’re going to cut legacy programs; we’re going to cut a lot of waste,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said earlier this year.
Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who announced he will retire at the end of this month, said the U.S. military is actually in better shape now than in years past.
“This is a military that’s dedicated to maintaining our readiness, our capabilities, our lethality. And the thing that we also need to focus on is the modernization for the future character of war that I see fundamentally changing,” Milley said.
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During WW2 Ike used to moan about “never having led men in battle.”
Patton countered, “G__ D____t Ike, you’re the Big Dog, the front is right across the channel. Cross over, grab a unit and lead it. Or shut up and do the job you were given.”
Ike never brought it up again.
Ike never wore what I’ve heard called the “every man” insignia. Milley seems to love them.
Is Milley playing “cute” or “stupid” today? He knows the exact meaning of the word in today’s urban jargon.
And thegagline races his little “Hate Trump” bumpercar in to bash on Trump yet again...
“In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years”
Just like they measure the CPI now as opposed to the 1980’s.
Amen
Gagline has already posted the same thing twice in this thread. Before Milley outed himself, Trump appointed him chairman of the joint chiefs.
I was monitoring Rosa Brooks and her hubs, retired LTC Joe Mouer, on Twitter in 2016.
Joe really, really hated Trump.
You should have resigned the moment Biden decided on his own to over ride the recommendation of the DOD on the withdraw from Afghanistan.
My son was in the Marines, but left before Milley’s Kabul screwup.
I have great grands that are of military age. I would not want them to serve under this administration or this DOD leadership.
Pres. Trump did something remarkable: He was expecting his appointees to actually do their jobs. Can you imagine a boss wanting that ?
At least these fellas exposed the depths of leftist Derp State corruption within the country. We wouldn’t have known without President Trump.
A general who doesn’t understand a term has declared that the US military is not subject to that term. Do I have the idiotic facts straight?
I guess Milley is inspired by Obama. "Fundamentally changing."
Look in the mirror, Milley. It means queer and treasonous.
deny deny deny
they said the same thing about CRT in schools
milley is very good at playing the incompetent fool
very natural
where is his lgbt medal?
there are his blm and lgbt combat medals
in the war against the normies
Where it can always be found, up his anal canal next to Lemmiwinks.
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