Posted on 07/15/2022 5:24:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Yep.
LtCol Stuart Scheller was court martialled and forced out of the Marine Corps for being the only American military officer (that I'm aware of) to criticize the disastrous and treasonous debacle as American forces left Afghanistan and turned over massive amounts of weapons and equipment.
Scheller stated that he and his fellow Marine officers recognized that "the warrior monk" was a homosexual when Mattis spoke at a USMC military course that Scheller attended.
The fundamental problem is that our leaders - military, political (national, state, local), and our bureaucrats at all levels are nearly universally on the take.
Mattis was particularly egregious in his greed and disregard for America. The General from Theranos and Amazon certainly pledged his allegiance to those that paid him the most, for that (my opinion) he should have faced a firing squad, and probably still should.
The problem of our General Staff in the military is particularly difficult. They routinely participate in a “revolving door” where recently retired general officers bribe active duty general officers with promises of positions with defense contractors immediately upon retirement along with generous compensation.
Its bribery. They should also face a firing squad. If they care about money over our country that much, they should never have been in the military, but that’s the problem. They may have started out patriotic and idealistic, but the power and ego (that somehow most of our past generals were able to resist) has become irresistible to the participants in the new military culture.
That there is never punishment at the vaunted flag ranks for serious offenses is also part of the problem. There is no reason we could not grab Mattis by the collar, even today, and send him to Leavenworth for being a lying, thieving, corrupt SOB.
Thats how you cure the military culture. Hold the leaders accountable, just like our great generals though our history did - and held themselves to a high standard.
Once it’s clear the officer corps doesn’t universally “get away with it” then we can work on the lower ranks, and drastically improve our readiness and capability.
Mattis is a clear example of corruption, but he is by no means the only example. But he’d be a great guy to make an example of by holding him accountable for his greed and corruption and turning his back on America for money.
Of American institutions, the military is the easiest to save, but it needs to be saved now. There’s a lot of house cleaning that needs to occur, hence my comment about it’s more than a few bad men. Fortunately, there more good men than bad, many of which have been held back by the bad men.
It is important to note, that cleaning up the military is for nought if the State Department and intelligence agencies are not reformed. Our foreign policy is directly related to the military’s use. The entire State Department needs to be completely dismantled and reconstituted with America First employees. Many intelligence agencies should simply be shuttered. There are too many to be effective. What’s left standing needs to be reformed. If these things are not done, the military will continue to receive incorrect information and used for the wrong reasons.
Indeed, I had heard the same thing about him. Could be the root of his being compromised?
DOJ and the FBi are not the only deep state orgs that need a top down housecleaning
Having personally met and spoken with Mattis on three occasions—once before OIF became hot/heavy, and two other times in Iraq, I have to say that his demeanor and interaction with us was something we honestly believed in and thought of him as Patton 2.0. But something happened along the way (or I just missed it in the convoy) but the man who served as SecDef under President Trump was unrecognizable and Kelly unfortunately no better (and I don’t hear a word from either of them blazing Biden—but they were all over DJT after their departure). Re a second view, I wonder what Kelly felt (after losing a son in Afghanistan) when Biden/Austin/Milley oversaw the horrid withdrawal from that nation. Anyway, my Corps has been many things to me but I honestly do not recognize it as the moral and fighting force it was during the 24 years I served. Serious hope this is a blip on the screen, for if things stand as they are now being implemented (Pride Month—really!), the real Marine Corps will likely never be the same.
Blackmail from his involvement with Theranos!
“He was born in Canada and was a Canadian until 2015.”
Doesn’t matter if at least one of his parents was American.
Perhaps of interest.
I hope that with replacement of wokeists with true patriots that the entire US Military will be great again.
I’m a Marine...reading this is painful!!!
Soon we will be in a real war—with real industrialized foes. In that war we might LOSE! This new WW will be fought in our own land. We can see the horrors we have visited upon other nations and the world will gloat at our destruction. They were happy to see Brits dismantle their Empire, they will be pleased to see us gone—But they may not like who replaces us—Red China. They are not the USA. They may have buyers remorse
Just keep your head up and remember that all of this can be reversed. Hopefully the scoundrels can be put into the brig and a new industry can be developed for "revenge tourism" where people can pay a nominal fee to fling feces on them in their cells.
Absolutely...Nov. can not come soon enough for the Dems to pay the price.
Truth is, we all wanted another Al Gray, Lewis Puller, Smedley Butler, or John Lejeune. In the spring of 2005, there was a air of defeat. No one knew how to turn it around. We forgot our own doctrine for counterinsurgency, and adopted a policy of attrition and chasing inanimate objects (IEDs).
As I was working on a re-write of a Marine Corps doctrinal pub, I came across one remark that made me question his generalship:
"Doctrine is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
Yet here I was staring at a doctrinal issue that was wrong, held over from all of the preceding wars that the Marine Corps never dealt with, particularly in the information age. Then I went back into his career and saw nothing remarkable. All of the tactical decisions were common sense and unimaginative. He was a good tactician, but that is all. He was promoted beyond his capabilities. Peter Pace.....now HE was a general.
The DEMOCRATS Want the USA to be DESTROYED!
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.— Dwight D. EisenhowerFarewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961
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