Only a strike has a chance to break this paradigm of failure prior to the inauguration of a new and competent commander in chief. If it does, it is worth it. And the military can come back.
Our commanders decided their priority was currying favor with their civilian masters and reading Ibram X. Kendi rather than building war-winning forces.
Don’t enlist or recommend others enlist, not until there is a real change in the collective mind of the military leadership that indicates that they have learned their lesson. The brass, insulated and utterly unaccountable, won’t learn until they see the steady stream of patriots dry up and stop, not because the next generation of warriors is unpatriotic but precisely because they love their country and will sacrifice their dreams of serving her in order to force this desperately-needed change. We need to go on strike. We need to go on strike against a failed establishment that concerns itself with trendy nonsense, fails in spectacular fashion by making mistakes (like giving up Bagram) that a E1 recruit or a precocious third-grader could anticipate, and that eschews any accountability.
The strike is already underway from the inside. Those of us vets with a high profile have been inundated with communications from all levels of the military about how morale is at the rock bottom due to the total absence of real leadership at the top. Careerism is rampant. Wokeism has replaced warfighting. And the idiotic vaccine mandate – for a healthy population whose real risks come from suicide and terrorism enabled by inept planning – is going to lead to a flood of trained, experienced troops leaving and taking their training and experience with them. That talent and skill will take years to replace; the generals and admirals have squandered it.
In the next war with China, if this decline continues, the first day will see a bloodbath that will stagger your imagination. The Chinese are serious. They are not playing, and they have no time for frivolous nonsense about trans soldiers and the scary, scary weather. They will sweep the seas of our ships, wipe out our land installations, and plant their flag over the whole western Pacific. I am sure, though, that the mainstream media will dutifully pass on the excuses du jour and that it will all be attributed to Trump, patriarchy, and anti-vaxxers.
Don’t play. Don’t sign up. Not until this nonsense stops.
I’m not alone. Vets across the country are recommending that young people put off or forgo service altogether and not be cannon fodder for bemedaled clowns. Brace for the backlash – the trash response will be that we’re unpatriotic, that we hate America. Whatever. We are utterly indifferent to what these incompetents think. They need to go.
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Yes, and then how long till they start the draft?
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A good point. Mutiny would need to be active rather than passive after all.
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You are assuming, Liz, that the US would actually fight a war to protect the homeland? No war, no draft.
The retired admiral that wrote “2034” was on Hewitt the other day, and he thinks that 2034 is too far in the future; that the war with China will happen maybe by 2024. That is not beyond believable to me. Then again, China may wait to see the outcome of that election.
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