US warship shoots down drones fired from Houthi-held Yemen in Red Sea [More]
But Lloyd said…
You know what would make us safer?
No?
Tag: Lloyd Austin
You’re in the Army Now
Without warning, hundreds of noncommissioned officers were ordered via email to report to the recruiting school at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in less than a week, with hundreds more set to start at the school in December — a sudden unexpected move by the Army as the service scrambles to boost its recruiting force by 800 by the end of the year. [More]
But…but…but Lloyd said…
Everybody ready to draft Gen Zers? And if women are exempt again, will identifying as a trans woman be a “Get out of jail free” card?
Hey, I don’t suppose they’ll be able to spare any of the new guys down at the border…?
[Via bondmen]
Burning Bridges Lost Forevermore
US troops in Iraq and Syria attacked two dozen times in two weeks [More]
Will Lloyd at least offer a discount on that bridge? \
Cui Bono?
Guess who else would benefit. [More]
Tell me that creepy idiot, the Dotard in Chief, doesn’t look and sound like a crazed Dr. Strangelove character. (Look at his forehead and eyes and then look at earlier photos— is he Botoxing to surreptitiously deflect age concerns with an illusion?)
[Via WiscoDave]
Bridge for Sale
Speaking of Aid and Comfort
Matt Gatez FORCES US Military To Admit Drag Queens Are BAD For Children | EXPOSES Drag On US Bases [Watch]
[Via Jess]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Guess who has different priorities.
[Via Doc]
Casus Belli?
“As President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing,” Secretary Austin continued. [More]
Unless it’s within our borders.
Aside from leaving those open and/or rigorously admitting confederates of the people we’re taking out elsewhere, we’re also set on simultaneously disarming you and setting known predators loose to further our case for that.
What’s the foreign entanglement worth me and mine dying for over there, anyway? That’s the litmus test I use before expecting it from someone else.
Kick the Can
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care on Thursday to reduce suicides in the military, but held off on endorsing more controversial recommendations to restrict gun and ammunition purchases by young troops, sending them to another panel for study. [More]
Don’t look for the next one to be any less stupid than the first.
[Via Jess]
DOD Suicide Report Long on ‘Gun Control’ But Short on Who’s at Risk and Why
How lumping the good in with the bad and the healthy in with the troubled, ignoring politically inconvenient realities, and mandating increased restrictions on the fundamental rights of all demonstrates excellence, dignity, and respect is not explained. Such “equity” seems a curious way of saying “Thank you for your service.” [More]
Is a politically self-serving report that ignores the basics and tells servicemembers they’re not trusted really the best way to help those in serious pain and immediate need?
