It only takes one lizard person in an unassuming office at the Pentagon to make this happen. No one person really knows how many people the military has where.
On a related note, my infantry unit was in Iraq prepping for a long night of raids while we watched CNN announce the last combat troops had left Iraq.
I read Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography as a kid, and he goes into detail about the importance of media integration for Desert Storm. Nothing the media said was true. Even perfect victories were misreported with losses because they had made the Iraqi army sound badass during the build up. They didn't think the American people would believe arab Hitler could be crushed flawlessly.
The military as in the actual grunts, no. They're loyal to the US as a nation not to politicians.
The ones that do this kind of shit are officers who play the political game and basically throw their men and their morals under the bus in order to win brownie points with congressmen.
This is why my Company Commander straight up told me that he had no intention of being anything more than a Captain. Because he saw what happens to people once they get promoted past Captain. It becomes less about being good at your job and more about fucking other people over to make yourself look better.
Yeah, I think once you get to that high of a level you don't even leave Washington anymore. You pretty much spend the rest of your career in meetings with politicians.
I don't mind.
But keep in mind the only perspectives I can give you is that of a Marine infantryman NCO. I don't know how the military operated outside of my job.
Military is against us too...
All hope is lost?
It only takes one lizard person in an unassuming office at the Pentagon to make this happen. No one person really knows how many people the military has where.
On a related note, my infantry unit was in Iraq prepping for a long night of raids while we watched CNN announce the last combat troops had left Iraq.
I'm sure you felt glad to know that you weren't actually there.
Wouldn't be the first time CNN made up shit about Iraq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMtxbPdvzg
CNN reporters are trained to identify chemical weapons by smell.
I read Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography as a kid, and he goes into detail about the importance of media integration for Desert Storm. Nothing the media said was true. Even perfect victories were misreported with losses because they had made the Iraqi army sound badass during the build up. They didn't think the American people would believe arab Hitler could be crushed flawlessly.
The military as in the actual grunts, no. They're loyal to the US as a nation not to politicians.
The ones that do this kind of shit are officers who play the political game and basically throw their men and their morals under the bus in order to win brownie points with congressmen.
This is why my Company Commander straight up told me that he had no intention of being anything more than a Captain. Because he saw what happens to people once they get promoted past Captain. It becomes less about being good at your job and more about fucking other people over to make yourself look better.
I've seen the same conversation with Colonels. Many openly refuse to be Generals.
Yeah, I think once you get to that high of a level you don't even leave Washington anymore. You pretty much spend the rest of your career in meetings with politicians.
I don't mind. But keep in mind the only perspectives I can give you is that of a Marine infantryman NCO. I don't know how the military operated outside of my job.
poorly
The PoG says hello.
The Pentagon and the military are two very different things.
Senior officers don't go on patrol, just vacations.
They don't occupy territory, just chairs.
You can't win a war with generals if the ground troops, logisticians, and lower echelons are against ever fighting it at all.