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applegrove

(118,446 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 07:42 PM Sep 2022

Former Pentagon Leaders Warn of a Dangerous Era

Former Pentagon Leaders Warn of a Dangerous Era

September 6, 2022 at 6:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 18 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/09/06/former-pentagon-leaders-warn-of-a-dangerous-era/

"SNIP......

“The challenge to a peaceful transfer of power after President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election has worsened ‘an extremely adverse environment’ for the U.S. military, according to an open letter signed by several top generals and former defense secretaries,” the New York Times reports.

“The letter does not mention Mr. Trump by name. But in 16 points on the principles that are supposed to define civil-military relations, the signatories issued a thinly veiled indictment of Mr. Trump and the legions of his followers who called on the military to support his false claim that the election was stolen from him.”

“Two former defense secretaries who served under Mr. Trump, Jim Mattis and Mark T. Esper, were among those who signed the letter.”

......SNIP"

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OAITW r.2.0

(24,255 posts)
2. I'm watching the Russian-China-NK alliance very closely.
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 07:48 PM
Sep 2022

The world can't let NK supply millions of missiles and bombs to Russia to destroy a country that is all in for a democratic form of government. This may be a turning point in the creation of another Axis of Evil that the free world has to stand up to.

PortTack

(32,684 posts)
4. Agree....Ukraine forces seem to be handling the orcs well right now. With a new influx of
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:08 PM
Sep 2022

Rockets and missiles not sure. Hopefully the HIMARS will continue to decimate arms depots and Russian military bases

The bigger problem for Russia right now is no one to fight. With the leader of the Chechen forces fighting along side the Russians leaving, this is a really big blow to pootie.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,255 posts)
5. I doubt, NK guy gives a shit about sending a few hundread thousand troops to
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:12 PM
Sep 2022

act as Russian Hessians. A bunch less mouths to feed. And that would turn out to be an even bigger fiasco in this theater of war.

Volaris

(10,266 posts)
6. I was gonna ask, how is NK gonna transport all those war goods?
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:25 PM
Sep 2022

By sea? ONE air carrier group will handle THAT IDEA.

By rail? Hahahahahhahahaah. Our CRIMINALS have known how to disrupt rail lines for 150 years...our Air Force will ERASE the trans-Siberian rail links in a week, if NK wants to lend-lease shitty missiles to russia...



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