I thank my lucky stars every single day that I was
fortunate to have been able to retire from the U.S. Navy before having to be
subjected to serving under Barry “Almighty” as my Commander-in-Chief. What I have seen taking place since his
having assumed that role is primarily the promotion of those who are
essentially nothing more than ‘Barry yes-men’ into positions that they are far
from qualified to hold. And it is
because of that that Barry has been quite successful in further transitioning
our military from a fighting force and into something that is not much more
than a social experiment.
Which brings me to retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark
Hertling, who after having retired from the military found a new position as a
‘military analyst’ over there at the Communist News Network, aka CNN. Hertling recently criticized Trump on “CNN
Newsroom With Carol Costello” where he called Trump’s strategy to “bomb the
shit out of” ISIS, is “not only immoral but illegal,” and said it would lead to
“mass resignations” across the military.
I would argue that if many of today’s top brass were to resign that that
might actually be a good thing. If Trump
does win I would suggest that he weed out many of those who Barry promoted.
Anyway the General went on to say, “I’m trying to
remain apolitical in this, but it’s increasingly difficult to do that when you
hear these kind of statements of individuals who have not been there, who don’t
know more than the generals do, and in many cases, don’t know more than the
privates do.” When he says that he’s
trying to remain apolitical I have to chuckle.
Because if he’s affiliated himself with CNN, he wasn’t hired on to be
apolitical. So whatever opinions this
guy may have about Trump, or any of the other Republicans for that matter,
should already be considered as being more than just a little tainted.
So it was a couple of weeks ago now that Trump said,
“I know more ISIS than the generals do, believe me. I would bomb the shit out
of them. I would just bomb those suckers. And, that’s right, I’d blow up the
pipes. I’d blow up the refineries. I’d blow up every single inch. There would
be nothing left. And you know what? You’ll get Exxon to come in there, and in
two months — have you ever seen these guys how good they are, the great oil
companies? They’ll rebuild that sucker brand new. It’ll be beautiful. And I’d
ring it, and I’d take the oil.” But Hertling suggested Trump “might want to take
a visit to Iraq or some of the combat areas and see how things work on the
ground. It’s now getting into the scary category.”
Hertling went on to say, “He is talking about things
that he knows very little about. It’s not only a little bit scary, but it’s
also dangerous, and it’s also immoral. You just don’t do that. Americans don’t
fight wars by carpet-bombing nations.”
And he added, “And I think if he were on the ground in Iraq or Syria,
and he would see the population that is in dire fear of ISIS and how they are
intermingling with the population, I think he would have a better perspective.
I think it might also be interesting to get him into that country when other
organizations like Mobil or Exxon have attempted to try and repair some of the
oil works.”
And in sounding more like he was trying to make
excuses for Barry’s ineptitude or his arrogance, Hertling said, “I’d remind
folks that less than one percent of the American population has served in the
military.” And he continued by saying,
“And even a fewer percentage of the population has served in these kind of
areas, so you just don’t know what it’s like. When other countries are under
conflict, under siege like this, it’s hard, extremely hard, to re-establish
both their economic and their industrial capacity once they are bombed.” I guess I’m not sure what point it was that
the general was trying to make here.
Costello asked Hertling what he would do if Trump
came to him with this strategy. To which
CNN’s resident general responded, “I would react by first of all trying to
inform him of the laws of land warfare and Geneva Conventions that are involved
in this and how it’s not only immoral but illegal to do that.” He continued, “I would not be a partner to
these kind of things, because it would put me as a commander before the Hague
Courts. And if he persisted in saying ‘bomb it,’ I think what you would
eventually have in the military across the board is mass resignations. And
that’s a tough stance to take, Carol, but truthfully, that’s what would occur.”
As I said earlier, it’s my impression, that today
many of those currently in the upper echelons of military command are either
nothing more than straight-up ‘Barry yes-men’, simply agreeing with whatever he
says, or are those who, out of fear of retribution through demotion or forced
retirement, are afraid to do what they know is right to keep our country safe. And if any of these individuals were to feel
it necessary to resign, then maybe they should.
And while I fully understand that one must obey one’s superiors, having
said that, one has also taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution
against ALL enemies foreign and domestic.
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