Posted on 07/15/2021 4:35:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
The first thing I learned at Army Officer Candidate School is that all officers have two primary duties: accomplish the assigned mission and take care of the men ('men' is an all-inclusive term that includes women). I didn't rise to the rank of general, nor did I go to West Point. Those people may have been taught something different, but I doubt it (West Point grads and/or General Officers, correct me if I'm wrong).
Assuming I'm correct, consider General Mark Milley's performance on 30 June before a House Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the 2022 Defense Department budget. General Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States, when considering his first duty, must have assigned himself the mission: 'look woke during testimony.' On that I rate him a 10 of 10. He succeeded.
But I rate his accomplishment of the second duty a 0 of 10.
During testimony, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) asked Milley about the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the U.S. military. In an effort (in my opinion) to divert attention from CRT, Milley responded, "I've read Mao Zedong. I've read Karl Marx. I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist."
Milley, a college graduate (West Point is a college), was trained to reason abstractly, can therefore realize and understand the dangers, consequences, and ultimate outcomes of communism. Why is that important? Patience.
Milley said, "I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our noncommissioned officers [NCOs], of being 'woke' or something else because we are studying some theories that are out there."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Name a general that’s not a douche bag.
General Washington?
General Milley Vanilly.
Lt. General Mike Flynn.
I don’t want to “understand” him.
I want him gone.
This ugly clown didn’t go to West Point; he went to Princeton.
READING Marx and Lenin would be ok for understanding your enemy- but IMPLEMENTING their policies absolutely would make you a commie.
Similarly READING CRT is one thing- implementing it is another.
Actually everyone here should read upon CRT- so you can intelligently point out why it is a stupid ‘theory’, as theories go.
... because he couldn’t say, “ ... and I’ve never been to Europe”
Admiral Michael Rogers.
If we purged all of the current generals and all of the current colonels, we would lose some good men. But not that many.
Warren Beatty wrote this article?
Shirley McClains brother, or is this just an online avatar?
Ive always thought of Warren as a very bright person. Well, mostly bright.
Therein lies the problem. He’s an Ivy Leaguer. No wonder he’s “woke”. Another political soldier who was trained and supported by the establishment. The problem is there are plenty of other Mark Milleys in top positions at the Pentagon and throughout the military!
I actually could name quite a few that had recent commands. James T. Conway, Glen Walters, Bob Neller, John Amos and my personal favorite, Peter Pace who is one of the finest men I have ever known. Not coincidentally - in my opinion - I don’t believe any of those men are service academy graduates. They’re also all retired (most recently).
I hear good things about Gary Thompson who is the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. But, I don’t know him (he’s an airwinger).
No he gets a 0 for that and for abstract reasoning. His mission, his first duty, as CJCS was to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. We put an enormous trust in this man and he has failed us utterly. Despicably and the man is a disgrace to himself, his country and his uniform.
The “Pampered Princes of the Pentagon” still reign suppreme!
Hard to take the author seriously when he didn’t even take the time to look at Milley”s bio. Milley went to Princeton, not the USMA.
Perfumed Princes
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