{"id":107098,"date":"2020-11-09T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107098"},"modified":"2020-11-09T09:48:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:48:31","slug":"107098","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107098","title":{"rendered":"Go Ahead: Make My Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Girl and gun dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh, here we go: \u00a0The next SecDef should be a woman, per the author of the Op-Ed.<\/p>\n

Okay, but only if they leave out that grandstanding dink<\/span> person Duckworth. The SecDef job is not an opportunity to puff yourself off for the next election.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/11\/08\/the-next-secretary-of-defense-should-be-a-woman\/<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article:\u00a0 The ideal candidate for the post would be a person with the background to make the difficult decisions about when and how to use military force, which missions to prioritize and which to deemphasize or eliminate, and is comfortable dealing with the uniform leaders and the chairs of the congressional Armed Service and Defense Appropriations committees on national, as well as local issues, especially when the military leaders or members of Congress might disagree with administration policies.<\/p>\n

Arguably, the most effective secretary of defense to date is Melvin Laird, who served under President Nixon to 1969 until 1973. Laird, a WWII veteran and Republican congressman from Wisconsin, helped develop and then convince many skeptical military and congressional leaders to support Nixon\u2019s policies to end the draft, withdraw from Vietnam, support arms control agreements with the Soviet Union and slash defense spending.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the individual selected should be someone who has served in our military and in combat, especially since President-elect Biden does not have combat experience, or any military service for that matter. Moreover, the person selected for the post should also have significant political experience and not have ties to the defense industry. Fortunately, there are at least four women who meet these criteria, two democrats and two republicans: Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii. – article<\/p>\n

I have no issues with this idea; I’d volunteer for it. I could use the money. The real concern, in my view, is picking the right candidate. It has to be someone who knows how to deal with bullies properly, and I’ve put up with bullies most of my life.<\/p>\n

And by bullies, I do not mean our senior military officers.<\/p>\n

I mean the Real Bad Guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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