I never served, but using that as a shield to deflect perfectly valid criticism of the armed forced is a weak tactic. Never mind that introducing women into the military en masse has provided challenges that are rarely addressed officially for fear of social reprisal, pregnancy a major but far from the sole issue.
I’d like to remind everyone that the man who is currently in charge of the military has never served a day in his life, nor his two predecessors. Would this officer bother to publicly criticize any of them if they made a similar statement?
I realize it’s not a completely equatable situation, but again, using someone’s civilian status to deflect blatant policy failure is a logical fallacy.
This dude is all "I served 28 years" but then does he tap into that 28 years of experience? No, he immediately goes "our experts say" "our leaders say." I guess those 28 years taught him one thing.
I never served, but using that as a shield to deflect perfectly valid criticism of the armed forced is a weak tactic. Never mind that introducing women into the military en masse has provided challenges that are rarely addressed officially for fear of social reprisal, pregnancy a major but far from the sole issue.
I’d like to remind everyone that the man who is currently in charge of the military has never served a day in his life, nor his two predecessors. Would this officer bother to publicly criticize any of them if they made a similar statement?
I realize it’s not a completely equatable situation, but again, using someone’s civilian status to deflect blatant policy failure is a logical fallacy.
This dude is all "I served 28 years" but then does he tap into that 28 years of experience? No, he immediately goes "our experts say" "our leaders say." I guess those 28 years taught him one thing.
You don’t serve 28 years in the Military without bowing to the politics of those above you.
I've never flown a helicopter, but I know it isn't going to fly without a rotor and bolted to the ground.