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2023-10-01 -Great Cultural Revolution

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 I like this guy.

project managers/critical thinker realists vs.
MBA administrators/taxi drivers

Ever have a conversation with a taxi driver?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-01 02:40|| 2023-10-01 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Dark Passage (1947) - Humphrey Bogart , Taxi scene , 720p

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-01 03:18|| 2023-10-01 03:18|| Front Page Top

#3 It is noted, "...A misguided attempt to reform professional military education (JPME) in the 1980s..." About that time Democrats in Congress who had paid no attention to military academy nominations changed. They began to appoint sons of leftists and the academies over the years, in effect, became politicized. And the matamorphosis can be seen today, forty years later. l

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-10-01 07:10|| 2023-10-01 07:10|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Somewhere along that same timeline math heavy engineering studies were replaced with liberal arts dogma.

That which is cultivated tends to grow.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-01 07:43|| 2023-10-01 07:43|| Front Page Top

#5 The military chain of command knew an evacuation was imminent for months

Actually, years. Trump gave them what is tantamount to a 'warning order' to make plans. That plans were not on hand when Biden took office should have resulted in a deep purge. However the misguided Mileys thought they had their man in hand by participating in the ouster of Trump and could continue their game.

the State Department's choice of the Kabul Airport

Until the enemy is defeated, the State Department should be along on the ride with no such authority in country. That was a problem before and now repeated.

The problem is the division between leadership and management. Running a modern military 'system' does require management but it is not a substitute for combat leadership.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-01 08:01|| 2023-10-01 08:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Misguided Millys...that's a good one.

Posted by Snerenter Thromogum9494 2023-10-01 09:46|| 2023-10-01 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 For the last forty years the left has been upset that military types have been capable of independent non ideological thought. So they started changing it at the base, and it's percolated up.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-10-01 09:59|| 2023-10-01 09:59|| Front Page Top

#8 "Military education" or lack thereof did not have anything to do with the Afghan debacle. The debacle was purely political result and the responsibility for this disaster is all on the Jake Sullivan and Lloyd Austin. This duo thoroughly paralyzed the commander on the ground.

Regarding the article: Our Army "Generals" (4 stars) are selected by all the other 4 stars... Almost all of them are from north of the Mason Dixon line. I had a senior PSM from the SASC tell me that a this is by design...a design emanating from the time of the Civil War and intended to continue into the future. Southerners are allowed to be ground troops and maybe even make it to the two star level, but after that, political screening of our leaders is applied by the like minded senior leader class. The result is an amateur political class of senior leaders. Its not the JPME, that is a smoke screen... a diversion.

Posted by Tennessee 2023-10-01 12:59|| 2023-10-01 12:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Technically, the GO board, composed of other general officers, provide nominations. The final decision to submit those to Congress for approval rests solely with the occupant of the White House.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-01 13:37|| 2023-10-01 13:37|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ We're fooked

Posted by Frank G 2023-10-01 16:54|| 2023-10-01 16:54|| Front Page Top

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