And Austin's behavior - a glaring example of low integrity - reflects a lifetime in the military.
Strong words, but bear with me.
Military rules are typically both clear and unequivocal as Gregg points out.
Yet general officers frequently get passes for behavior that would get a field grade or enlisted person jail time. This "rank has its privileges" attitude permeates senior officer ranks. As it permeates so much of society (see Harvard for a recent example).
(Look at the USS Iowa turret explosion, Pat Tillman's death, Milley contacting the Chinese re Trump, etc).
But it starts much earlier.
Look at this sentence in a military performance review: "This officer handles all of his duties in an able, competent, and satisfactory manner."
Sounds good?
No! The kiss of death to a career. Performance reviews now require such superlative language that the sentence is militaryspeak for: "Never promote the SOB again".
Military people will argue that these are tribal quirks and everybody understands them.
True, but it is also political enablement. The reviewing officer can claim to be supportive while destroying a career. And a lie is a lie, regardless of tribal "quirks".
"Plausible deniability" found a home in the military.
What does it matter that a seaman (Clayton Hartwig of the USS Iowa) was falsely accused of being homosexual and killing his crewmates in a lover's quarrel? Just one man taking a hit for the team.
No.
The military is supposed to be an organization of honor.
With the obligations and respect accorded to an honorable organization.
Just as Harvard and its former president were accorded the respect and presumption of honor before their mendacity became obvious to everyone.
But both the military and Harvard are part of society (arguably leaders and trendsetters).
This culture of mendacity is both a reflection of the society that created these organizations and an example of the leadership that is successful in these organizations.
We aren't going to change this culture. But society is starting to recognize that mendacity is not a solid foundation for a civilization.
Much truth in this. And I would add that in the contemporary US military, the people who wind up wearing stars are those most adept at politics, who know how to game the system. But this of course is nothing new. Recall how many political generals wore blue during the Civil War.
In what the late Saddam Hussein once dubbed “the great Satan,” roughly two-thirds of the United States enlisted military corps is white . . . The fat, bulbous U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin once confirmed in a 93-2 vote of the U.S. Senate, immediately embarked on a whirlwind media tour of duty, telling the pseudo-secular sycophants in the state-controlled tabloid press and state-controlled television talk show circuit about how the U.S. Army is full of bad racist white men.
Senior Defense Department leaders celebrating yet another Pride Month at the Pentagon sounding the alarm about the rising number of state laws they say target the LGBTQ+ community, warned the trend is hurting the feelings of the armed forces . . . “LGBTQ plus and other diverse communities are under attack, just because they are different. Hate for hate’s sake,” said Gil Cisneros, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, who also serves as DoD’s chief diversity and inclusion officer.
And now the U.S. Army is doing ads begging for more young white males? What happened?
Even with a full-on declaration of war from Congress, and even if Gavin Newsome could be cheated into the Oval Office by ZOG somehow, with Globohomo diversity brigades going door-to-door looking to impress American children into military service, they will be met with armed, well-trained opposition, the invasion at the Southern border is going full tilt, and the drugs are flowing in like never before.
Get ready for it . . . the fat old devil worshipping fags on Capitol Hill, on Wall Street, in Whitehall, and in Brussels are in no shape to fight a war themselves, and most Americans are armed to the teeth with their own guns . . . NATO hates heterosexual white men . . . they said so themselves . . .
The U.S. military has a culture of mendacity.
And Austin's behavior - a glaring example of low integrity - reflects a lifetime in the military.
Strong words, but bear with me.
Military rules are typically both clear and unequivocal as Gregg points out.
Yet general officers frequently get passes for behavior that would get a field grade or enlisted person jail time. This "rank has its privileges" attitude permeates senior officer ranks. As it permeates so much of society (see Harvard for a recent example).
(Look at the USS Iowa turret explosion, Pat Tillman's death, Milley contacting the Chinese re Trump, etc).
But it starts much earlier.
Look at this sentence in a military performance review: "This officer handles all of his duties in an able, competent, and satisfactory manner."
Sounds good?
No! The kiss of death to a career. Performance reviews now require such superlative language that the sentence is militaryspeak for: "Never promote the SOB again".
Military people will argue that these are tribal quirks and everybody understands them.
True, but it is also political enablement. The reviewing officer can claim to be supportive while destroying a career. And a lie is a lie, regardless of tribal "quirks".
"Plausible deniability" found a home in the military.
What does it matter that a seaman (Clayton Hartwig of the USS Iowa) was falsely accused of being homosexual and killing his crewmates in a lover's quarrel? Just one man taking a hit for the team.
No.
The military is supposed to be an organization of honor.
With the obligations and respect accorded to an honorable organization.
Just as Harvard and its former president were accorded the respect and presumption of honor before their mendacity became obvious to everyone.
But both the military and Harvard are part of society (arguably leaders and trendsetters).
This culture of mendacity is both a reflection of the society that created these organizations and an example of the leadership that is successful in these organizations.
We aren't going to change this culture. But society is starting to recognize that mendacity is not a solid foundation for a civilization.
Sadly, we get the leadership that we allow.
Much truth in this. And I would add that in the contemporary US military, the people who wind up wearing stars are those most adept at politics, who know how to game the system. But this of course is nothing new. Recall how many political generals wore blue during the Civil War.
One has to wonder if the lack of respect Austin might -must?- have for Biden is behind this.
In what the late Saddam Hussein once dubbed “the great Satan,” roughly two-thirds of the United States enlisted military corps is white . . . The fat, bulbous U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin once confirmed in a 93-2 vote of the U.S. Senate, immediately embarked on a whirlwind media tour of duty, telling the pseudo-secular sycophants in the state-controlled tabloid press and state-controlled television talk show circuit about how the U.S. Army is full of bad racist white men.
Senior Defense Department leaders celebrating yet another Pride Month at the Pentagon sounding the alarm about the rising number of state laws they say target the LGBTQ+ community, warned the trend is hurting the feelings of the armed forces . . . “LGBTQ plus and other diverse communities are under attack, just because they are different. Hate for hate’s sake,” said Gil Cisneros, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, who also serves as DoD’s chief diversity and inclusion officer.
And now the U.S. Army is doing ads begging for more young white males? What happened?
Even with a full-on declaration of war from Congress, and even if Gavin Newsome could be cheated into the Oval Office by ZOG somehow, with Globohomo diversity brigades going door-to-door looking to impress American children into military service, they will be met with armed, well-trained opposition, the invasion at the Southern border is going full tilt, and the drugs are flowing in like never before.
Get ready for it . . . the fat old devil worshipping fags on Capitol Hill, on Wall Street, in Whitehall, and in Brussels are in no shape to fight a war themselves, and most Americans are armed to the teeth with their own guns . . . NATO hates heterosexual white men . . . they said so themselves . . .
https://cwspangle.substack.com/i/138320669/nato-an-anti-white-and-anti-family-institution