......Our Army, our Military......a sad moment ....???

[Chillicothe]

Lt. General Charles Flynn, brother of the nut job QAnon fruit loop and convicted criminal (now pardoned) Michael Flynn, slow walked the deployment of Guard troops

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!
The brother of Michael Flynn was involved?
No sh*t?

I had not read that.

I had read that Mike the Pardonee was one of the mokes ...that Pillow goofball being another..... who were lobbying in the Oval Office prior to the Insurrection for Trump to trigger some Act that would allow him to declare martial law. I was aware of the reporting on that meeting. However, I had not been aware that Mike-the-Pardonee's own brother was involved in the slow-walk of support for Capitol police.

I sure hope that bit of business gets fully aired.

I did a quick nano-search on google....and it is full of articles about the "martial law" gambit of Mike Flynn and the Pillow guy. Here's just one --from early December ----of many:

“Michael Flynn Wants Trump To Declare Martial Law And Redo The Election
The president’s freshly pardoned ex-national security adviser retweeted a statement advocating suspending the Constitution.
If the president doesn’t declare martial law, the statement retweeted by Flynn warns, “we will also have no other choice but to take matters into our own hands and defend our rights on our own.”
(underlining added)

 

[EvilCat Breath]

You know, the news since January 6th is not accruing as we would wish for our uniformed services....our military.
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Today it was the the Secretaries of the Army and of Defense looking 'questionable'. But those are the 'bigwigs', and that elevation oft is met with a modicum of skepticism. (see the piece below)

But maybe what holds the greatest potential to detract from the luster earned and bestowed upon our uniformed services is........is the frequent, and growing, reports of current military and ex-military composing an integral part of the planning, training, and implementation of the January 6th attempt to negate our Constitution.

This riot, this insurrection, 'lovefest', or mission......or whatever you want to call it, has put America's current trust and regard for the services at great risk. And it is at it's current height after a long climb back from the disrespect applied vis-a-vis the Viet Nam War.

Now we have these wrongheaded, delusional, nutjob lower rankers...current & former ..... thinking they are some kind of 'patriot' army saving America from 'leftist', 'Marxist', anarchist, and, for the nuttiest - from baby-eaters.

Our military leadership....and very likely NOT the two guys, the Secretaries, getting a hard stare today in the Senate committee.....but it will be leadership that will have to lead their troops away from any burgeoning or embedded extremism.

If current leadership cannot do that then both America and our uniformed services are gonna have a very difficult and fraught relationship going forward. And a dangerous one, to boot.
IMHO
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This below, is a snippet of a view on today's hearings:

Capitol Police begged for help. For 199 minutes, Trump’s Pentagon stalled.

"Three hours and 19 minutes.
That’s how long it took from the first, desperate pleas for help from the Capitol Police to the Trump Pentagon on Jan. 6 until the D.C. National Guard finally received permission to help put down the bloody insurrection.

During those 199 minutes, the mob sacked the Capitol. People died. Overwhelmed Capitol and D.C. police were beaten. Lawmakers’ lives were jeopardized. And violent extremists defiled the seat of government, temporarily halting the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

“Chief Sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the Capitol, and he requested the immediate assistance of as many available national guardsmen that I could muster.”

Major General Wm. Walker, of the DC National Guard, immediately alerted senior Army leadership — and then waited. And waited. Approval to mobilize the guard wouldn’t be received until 5:08 p.m.

At best, this was a catastrophic failure of government. At worst, political appointees and Trump loyalists at the Defense Department deliberately prevented the National Guard from defending the Capitol against a seditious mob.

The man ultimately responsible for the delay, Christopher Miller, had been a White House aide before Donald Trump installed him as acting defense secretary in November,..."
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Military is generally conservative and on the side of the people and liberty.

That's why the Wokeristas are purging the military of just those people.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You know, the news since January 6th is not accruing as we would wish for our uniformed services....our military.
.
Today it was the the Secretaries of the Army and of Defense looking 'questionable'. But those are the 'bigwigs', and that elevation oft is met with a modicum of skepticism. (see the piece below)

But maybe what holds the greatest potential to detract from the luster earned and bestowed upon our uniformed services is........is the frequent, and growing, reports of current military and ex-military composing an integral part of the planning, training, and implementation of the January 6th attempt to negate our Constitution.

This riot, this insurrection, 'lovefest', or mission......or whatever you want to call it, has put America's current trust and regard for the services at great risk. And it is at it's current height after a long climb back from the disrespect applied vis-a-vis the Viet Nam War.

Now we have these wrongheaded, delusional, nutjob lower rankers...current & former ..... thinking they are some kind of 'patriot' army saving America from 'leftist', 'Marxist', anarchist, and, for the nuttiest - from baby-eaters.

Our military leadership....and very likely NOT the two guys, the Secretaries, getting a hard stare today in the Senate committee.....but it will be leadership that will have to lead their troops away from any burgeoning or embedded extremism.

If current leadership cannot do that then both America and our uniformed services are gonna have a very difficult and fraught relationship going forward. And a dangerous one, to boot.
IMHO
...........................................................................

This below, is a snippet of a view on today's hearings:

Capitol Police begged for help. For 199 minutes, Trump’s Pentagon stalled.

"Three hours and 19 minutes.
That’s how long it took from the first, desperate pleas for help from the Capitol Police to the Trump Pentagon on Jan. 6 until the D.C. National Guard finally received permission to help put down the bloody insurrection.

During those 199 minutes, the mob sacked the Capitol. People died. Overwhelmed Capitol and D.C. police were beaten. Lawmakers’ lives were jeopardized. And violent extremists defiled the seat of government, temporarily halting the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

“Chief Sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the Capitol, and he requested the immediate assistance of as many available national guardsmen that I could muster.”

Major General Wm. Walker, of the DC National Guard, immediately alerted senior Army leadership — and then waited. And waited. Approval to mobilize the guard wouldn’t be received until 5:08 p.m.

At best, this was a catastrophic failure of government. At worst, political appointees and Trump loyalists at the Defense Department deliberately prevented the National Guard from defending the Capitol against a seditious mob.

The man ultimately responsible for the delay, Christopher Miller, had been a White House aide before Donald Trump installed him as acting defense secretary in November,..."
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As has been pointed out ad nauseum the Washington DC National Guard does not work for the Pentagon. Why the commanding general did not know this is stupefying!