The big issue is the WH controls every aspect and the Brass are still fighting the last war they fought. Fighting Terrorism is a new ball game.
And the WH STUPID ROE’s are getting our men and women now KIA or maimed for life. With crappy gov’t health care.
First term (contract enlistments) retention levels are down below 30%...
My nephew who took the Marine Corp and everything it challenged him with and totally screwed that career up...He made corporal, not a slouch achievement, and is coming back from his last deployment to Afghanistan as we speak...
Ironically his new wife, just completed basic, and is trained as a combat medic in the Army...She is in the reserves and just told me her unit was just activated, and she is do to deploy for somewhere between Kuwait and Afghanistan soon...
Which leads me to believe, that I thought we were done over in that particular area...Something must have happened??? /SARC
You know, political lies do not fare very well with the guys and gals filling those boots on the ground you don’t want to insert into a situation that needs to support the gains you think you are achieving thru air power...
And the Zoomies are not all that excited about not having backup available for timely extraction if Jeb Clampett manages to get a lucky shot off on their ride...
So all in all, our administrations handling of international crisis has left an even bigger hole in world relations than actually doing something about it...
I’ll coin the phrase “Doofus Diplomacy”...I got dibs on that one!!! ;-)
Beat me to it.
The military has rules foisted upon it by civilians with no concept of how to win a war.
I don’t consider all the government health care crappy. I have it, Of course I don’t go to the VA, but I am covered and covered very well. Try to....you know.. know what you’re talking about.