No offense, but that’s a silly comment and you know it. No one in their right mind would advocate abolishing the Army or the Armed forces.
When you’ve been a soldier for 20+ years, fought and killed many of our enemy and been severely wounded while doing so, you’ve earned the right to speak up. Maybe they are “indoctrinated” by their surroundings but that’s understandable and to a certain extent, we all are.
But as I said, these are friends who have risen to the ranks of Colonel and General in the Army and General in the Air Force. Lots of different people, all who would describe themselves as A-political. They see this the same way.
Another potential vacuum being created. I’m just saying, it’s worth listening to and contemplating.
Your military friends apparently have extensive experience is Islamic sh!t-holes, even while this country is facing an invasion of 100,000+ peasants across our southern border every month. That alone tells me that disbanding the U.S. armed forces — certainly the Army, at least — as we know them may be necessary in the long run.
Another potential vacuum being created. I’m just saying, it’s worth listening to and contemplating.
Agreed that a vacuum invites problems. But it’s up to the Kurds to decide how it’s filled. If they don’t want to put their own lives on the line, they certainly have enough oil money to hire mercenaries.
I think you’re right. There’s no going back after establishing a professional standing army. But I will say this, that when we Americans put up our guns and allowed others to fight in our place, we gave up a good deal of our sovereignty as a people. It was quite enticing to just let others possibly die in our stead and concentrate on other less dangerous and more profitable pursuits.
“But as I said, these are friends who have risen to the ranks of Colonel and General in the Army and General in the Air Force. Lots of different people, all who would describe themselves as A-political. They see this the same way.”
Colonels and Generals never see a war they think we need out of. And they are all Georgetown and JFK School of Govt graduates, firmly committed to the globalist cause. They are myopic and get too close to the locals. This causes them to confuse local causes as being natural American interests.
Then they all have designs on consulting, defense industry, and intel contractor jobs after retirement. All of those require them to see the globalist neocon line as accurate.
They are not trustworthy to DECIDE policy and should stick to executing it.
Nobody thinks a politician is the best person to decide military tactics, targets, weapons loads, etc. It’s universally understood that they suck at it. Likewise, Colonels and Generals are nightmarishly bad at deciding WHEN and WHERE we should have a war.