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Another from our own Poetrooper. A couple posts in as many days and an e-mail I hope to be able to expand on soon, impressive. Seems to me Poe is making progress getting back in the saddle. I think it’s pretty safe for me to say all here are wishing Poe the best, and can’t wait until he’s hale enough to post VFR direct. That goes for me, too. <\/p>\n
Without further nonsense, Poe:<\/p>\n
By: Poetrooper
\nWell here we go, just a day or so after our discussion of the matter of political posts, with some perfect examples posted right here at TAH, proving the point of why you can’t separate politics from military activities. AW1\/Ed\u2019s post about the railroading of the MARSOC major and his troops and the comment-added case of the railroaded Navy SEAL chief for sexual assault both demonstrate conclusively that politics absolutely permeates military life and affects the lives of military members in countless ways; and in these two particular cases, in ways that do harm to good warriors for no other reason than corrupt politics being injected into war by venal politicians and enforced by politicized military leadership, all of them more worried about their public images and their promotions than about the troops. <\/p>\nI have read in the past that the COL Nicholson mentioned in the MARSOC article was a politically correct, political animal, which it pains me to say, as he appears to have been a lean, mean Airborne Ranger officer and a badass; but he was also a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of another politically favored, and political animal himself, Eric Shinseki and rose though the flag ranks quickly under Obama, getting his second, third and fourth stars in rapid succession from the most politically correct CinC ever, who must have been quite pleased with him. Anyone want to bet that Nicholson professed his belief in Anthropogenic Global Warming?<\/p>\n
As for the rest of the military culprits who dishonored themselves in their treatment of the Marines, you must remember that they were being pressured constantly by their civilian bosses to avoid collateral casualties because it brought bad media coverage for the Obama White House. Remember, too, who it is in Washington who wets their pants every time the Taliban or Isis, aided by a compliant media, makes false claims about collateral civilian deaths. It is Democrats, like the dishonorable Dickless Durbin, who loudly defame our troops, calling them Nazis and baby killers, knocking down doors in the night for the bloodthirsty slaughter of civilians.<\/p>\n
In the case of the SEAL Chief convicted of sexual assault, the convening\/reviewing admiral now admits he was pressured by the then-Judge Advocate General of the Navy as well as her deputy, then-Rear Admiral Crawford, also Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and lastly, ta da! the Obama White House. Anyone besides ol’ Poe see a politically correct thread running through that bunch of female and minority officers and politicians? Here’s the money quote from Admiral Lorge:<\/p>\n
“At the time, the political climate regarding sexual assault in the military was such that a decision to disapprove the findings, regardless of merit, would bring hate and discontent on the Navy from the President, as well as senators including Senator Kirstin Gillibrand,”
\nSo by all means, let’s not discuss politics at TAH because it has nothing to do with our military mission, according, that is, to comments from several of you in the discussion of the direction TAH should go, right? So we should assume that means you\u2019d rather not have had Ed post that MARSOC article, right? <\/p>\nRight???<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thanks Poe. You keep writing them, I’ll keep posting them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"