The generals, along with the politicians, have forgotten their legacy.powerboatr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:33 pm well i have to speak out , my personal feelings
i watched the pentagon briefing this morning for a painfull hour
why does every spokesman for he biden admin have eyes that are dark as coal with no life behind them?
why are these generals and admirals not giving the brief then publicly state the orders they receive from biden are far past the line for any servicemen to follow and then lay out the truth , followed by resignation from current post. nothing wrong with doing this, in fact they have an obligation to name the name and call out bidens wishes/orders that will cause death to Americans, both civilian and military. as well as call out their bosses for following such orders.
those of us that have served, have had superiors that were unfit and issued illegal commands. we have had to deal with this, its never pretty but action has to be taken to remove these that follow this NUT.
There’s at least pound of gold in the following article, explaining how a generation of fruit salad generals might fail to give solid advice to corruptible politicians, and why those political mollusks might refuse to act on the few precious nuggets of good advice they did receive. It offers a thorough explanation, going back hundreds of years.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news ... -lee-smith. Here is just the opening salvo:
Do read the whole thing.Democrats and Republicans are right to blame each other for the fall of Kabul. It’s a loss for America’s bipartisan foreign policy establishment as a whole. For nearly two decades Washington sent thousands of Americans to their deaths and spent trillions of taxpayer dollars to wage a strategically pointless war. And because both sides of the political divide should be held accountable, military as well as civilian officials, too, it is unlikely that anyone ever will be. Since everyone is to blame, holding anyone accountable implicates everyone.
The reality is that America lost its war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago, roughly around the time when CIA officers began bribing aging warlords with Viagra. The Americans knew all about the young boys the tribal leaders kept in their camps; because the sex drug helped Afghan elders rape more boys more often, they were beholden to America’s clandestine service.