Posted on 02/27/2025 1:20:59 AM PST by Libloather
That Afghanistan withdrawal sure did get under PDJT’s skin. The loss of lives, the loss of equipment, and the loss of a strategic US base. It was a disaster.
I always wonder how new Directors like Hegseth know who they can trust to conduct investigations. It’s not like they’ve had years, or even months, to become acquainted with the staff within the departments.
“I take it Milley is unpunishable at this point?”
Did Biden pardon him? If so, does that extend to court martial? I think he can be mandated back into service and then court martialed. (Not sure, though.). I do want him to pay for his blatant treason.
And what about that Mad Dog Mattis guy? I don’t think he was as pure as the driven snow, either.
George Washington was always firing Generals that messed up.
Not true.
US Military Officers can be reactivated to face discipline or any other reason.
I have been following General Michael Eric Kurilla for a couple of decades now since Michael Yon wrote about him during the Iraq war. He is a war fighting beast and President Trump recently praised him for actions his command took in the war on terror.
As a lieutenant colonel he entered a burning armored personnel carrier to rescue two soldiers, and he also had one leg shot out from under him in a close quarters firefight (but kept on fighting). I continue to pray for him. I believe that he is now CENTCOM commander.
They had their first cabinet meeting yesterday. Let Hegseth investigate, it is what he does.
Pres Trump tried for 4 years to work with, and be nice to, generals and commanders in the military, and they threw his overtures back in his face and even plotted coups agaisnt him and collided with enemy nations agaisnt him. Now they feign surprise that he is saying no more Mr nice guy? They spit in his face every chance they had. Still he tried to be decent towards them! Now he is forced to act in a sense of self protection, and in the interest of the nation to minimize the threats posed by military commanders who refuse to work with their commander in chief, but in no way can th3y claim that he didn’t give them every chance to act civilly.
I think Webster dictionary needs to add a new term TDS, Trump derangement syndrome, because it seems that it really is a mental/emotional problem that affects people’s abilities to be decent and civil. And also add in MDS, Musk derangement syndrome- the mentally unhinged are coming out of the woodwork because of pres Trump and Musk running things in th nation.
Several times in my 33-year career, I advised my boss to take one course, and he chose another. I faithfully executed his orders because I got to speak my peace, and he was the boss. In the cases I recall, exactly what I said would happen, happened. Only at one company, the Israeli owned one, was I then blamed for the cockup. I was fired as a sacrifice by the Israeli company, but not the others. My point is, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater without thoroughly sifting through it first. Good officers should not be sacrificed because they followed orders. If they didn’t, would the military be trustworthy in the future?
What Not True?
I didn’t say it cannot happen, I said it will never happen.
I’d say any that were involved in any way, of making that decision.
An officer carrying out the idiotic order of their senior officer shouldn’t be held to this standard.
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