Yours is one of the more inane comments to ever appear on Free Republic. To compare this to the Stalin purges displays a remarkable ignorance of history and the facts in play here.
The Obama “purge” is a myth.
What is going on is a reduction in the size and capability of our Armed Forces, but in particular, the Army. Obama doesn’t like armies, especially our own and he has long wanted to cut it to the bone. This is what he is doing. When the Army get smaller, they need fewer Captains, Majors, etc. on down the ranks. Some of these folks won’t be missed much, they are mediocre performers who have been riding the wave. But, many are fine officers who will fall victim to Obama’s desire to spend more money stuffing the pockets of his voters.
Reductions in the aftermaths of wars has been happening throughout the history of the Army. More recently it happening three times after Vietnam, after Gulf War I, and now yet again. Nothing new, not a purge. But, every time that we have done it, we have discovered that we cut too deeply and that we had to build back up to get the Army that we needed. Politicians, though, aren’t too bright and this guy tips the scale on that point.
“The Obama “purge” is a myth.”
As they say: “none are so blind that WILL not see”. You are the one who doesn’t see what is happening.
Obama is gutting the military to the point of making it irrelevant.
I’m sorry that my comment offends you. The notion that Obama is purging the military for political purposes has been broached by others on Free Republic, not that it proves the truth of the matter one way or another, (but it DOES demonstrate that my comment was no ‘more inane’ than others pondering similar conclusions.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3144230/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3090753/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3087203/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3079402/posts
History does demonstrate that despots and dictators tend to distrust and purge military commanders. It would be ignorance to conclude otherwise. Stalin was one such example, but others may be cited throughout history. Other recent examples include North Korea,
http://www.nknews.org/2013/05/analysis-a-history-of-north-korean-military-purges/
Cuba:
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/17/world/cuba-seizes-6-more-officers-amid-signs-of-big-shakeup.html
Iran:
http://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_revolution/revolution_and_iran_after1979_3.php
But the easier method is just to google ‘military purge’ along with the name of a country ruled by a dictator, and view the results.
I cannot prove Obama’s intentions. And neither can you. But asserting that the Obama “purge” is a myth does not make it a myth. And opinions with which you disagree are not necessarily invalid. I hope you are correct, and I am wrong. But I think we are watching the fall of the Republic, if it has not already fallen, (how many Romans truly understood what the Principate entailed when Augustus referred to himself as ‘First Citizen’ rather than Emperor?)
So, please, feel free to disagree. But recognize that others on Free Republic have opinions of their own, and the freedom to form and discuss such opinions is intrinsic to the principles for which we are here, on Free Republic.