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but to make colonel and higher is all politics,” he said.
That has been going on for years, but got much worse after 0 bummer was emaculated. I'm glad I retired two years ago.

I'd like to amplify some of our comments. You all know my background, from what perspective I talk about, so here goes:

All of us know that flag-rank officers are politicians, but the rot begins at O-5. That's when you start getting those cherry slots on General Staff, and more time around the flagpole. That's when the networking begins, when your name gets whispered in the right ears.

The name of the game is "Command Time". NOTHING brightens up a personnel jacket like a Command OER. In MI for example, only 1 officer in 4 had any chance of a leadership slot. I have known officers who would run down children in the street if it meant they'd get a green-tab.

Yes, there is a litmus test for the current officer corps. But here's the dirty secret: it's on the NCO side as well. Senior NCO's (E-7 to E-9) are being cycled out as fast as the officers. Anyone who remembers the days of the old armed services are being purged, and there are no examples for the young troops to see and emulate.

Do not deceive yourselves into thinking that "there aren't enough troops to clamp down on all us patriots". Odinga has not only Big Army and Big Marine at his call. He also has DHS, TSA, IRS, ATF, DEA, and a host of other alphabets. There are state police forces and governors who are loyal. Many police forces are unionized, so they're loyal. And one-eighth of the population has been weaponized by the Leftists, the merest threat of them boiling out of the urban kraals can change the course of national elections.

That's the muscle, and there's also the heart/mind dimension to factor in. State-sponsored media is in his pocket. CNN, NPR and PBS are on the government payroll. CBS, NBC, MSNBC and ABCDisney don't need money, they are already motivated followers. We are watching Faux cave in realtime. And never forget the Cyber-Warriors for Obama, the fake accounts all over the Web, the paid trolls. A target population is far easier to control if they are compliant and passively accepting what's done to them.

Were there ANY reports, ANY AT ALL, of people resisting the Boston lockdown as it happened?

The battle for hearts and minds has already been won and lost. We have a passive population of herd animals, soothed into silence by sweet noises from the media, and scared into submission by the weaponized elements of society. And how do you pacify a population of sheep? You separate the rams...