After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my lifetime'
After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my lifetime'
Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.
Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.
His actual complaint is:
"$114 million on diversity training, you gotta be kidding me," Tuberville said.
"We've got the weakest military that we've had in probably a year in my lifetime," he added. "Now we've got a lot of good military people, but infiltrating our military is all this wokeness and it's coming from the top, coming from Joe Biden, coming from Secretary of Defense Austin."
First, if it works, it's encouraging better decisions and increasing team effectiveness. I have no idea if the US military is doing a good job with this or not, but if they're doing it right they are building a better military way more cost effectively than one more fighter jet or whatever we would be using the money on.
But even if they're not doing the most effective form of training, it's 0.0075% of the defense budget. It's $40 per person employed by the department. That is extremely average for diversity training.
And lastly, this isn't like, new. The military has been doing diversity research and training since 1971. I'm sure Biden has some input if he wants it, he un-did a Trump ban on some training with an executive order, but I don't think the question of budgeting $90MM vs $114MM goes to "the top" at all.
The purpose of conservatives preventing promotions is so tRump can install/promote his hand-picked leadership within the military when the time comes. This will allow him to use the military against U.S. citizens if/when he becomes president.
When he tried to use the military against U.S. citizens during his previous term, he was stopped by military leadership. They refused. Next time, he will have complete loyalty. Conservatives are setting the stage for him.
The US Navy has more heavy aircraft carrier groups than the rest of world combined. The US has 11 out of 22. It also has the world's largest and most advanced air force. Old US Army equipment is working wonders for Ukraine against Russia, the supposed next best military.
Not to mention the US has a massive arsenal of working ICBMs and SLBMs.
I'm sorry, but nobody stands a snowballs chance in hell against the US military.
Regarding Iraq and Afghanistan, nation building and occupying are two different things. Kind of like ruling verses obtaining power are different.
ETA: Think about that during presidential elections.
This is the best version of the 'Eric Andre shooting someone that he then blames for being shot' meme I think I've ever, ever seen.
This is the sort of thing that happens when you have people who proclaim that government doesn't work in that government. They say the system is broken, and hope you don't notice that they have been deliberately breaking it for years.
This football coach from the ivy leagues has the audacity to pretend to know what military service is like without having educated himself at the bare minimum nor actually serving to provide a serious opinion on the matter.
The fact this incompetent malcontent continues to receive the support of his constituents is truly representative of how unbelievably fucked humanity is.
So where is the mob of MAGA patriots ready to storm the Capitol and run this guy out of town on a rail? Hello? taps mic Is this thing on?
Ah, the old chestnut of causing a problem, and then blaming it on someone else. Republican leadership is a Jonestown suicide cult, and they want all of us to drink the kool-aid.
What a sack of shit. Fuck you, Alabama.
Idiocracy timeline
God, I wish it had, but this waste of skin is lying again.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said in a recent interview that he believes the US currently has "the weakest military that we've had in probably a year in my lifetime."
Tuberville made his comments Monday evening after Newsmax's Eric Bolling mentioned the US military's spending on diversity training.
While Tuberville piled on President Joe Biden and his administration for what he considers to be a "self-inflicted" disaster, he didn't mention the outsized role effect he's had in 2023 on the nation's defense forces.
Following the Pentagon's decision to update its policies to allow service members to get reimbursed for out-of-state expenses for abortion care, Tuberville has singlehandedly prevented hundreds of military officers from getting promoted via a vote on the Senate floor.
Senate Republicans in recent weeks have repeatedly attempted to push through more individual votes on the chamber floor, only to be prevented more than 60 times by the former football coach.
Rick Scott, Josh Hawley, Mike Lee, and JD Vance, successfully lobbied Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to oppose the resolution.
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Can he find out? Please? He's been fucking around for all this time. Someone let him find out.
This is where Clarence the Angel shows him how much better the world would be had he never been born.
He isn't holding promotions because he disagrees with a pentagon policy.
He's doing it so they can pack the brass with fascists after Joe loses the next election.
What's he at now? Genuinely curious to see how far he can push it. I'm still surprised nothing like this has ever happened before.
Sure... mock the folks with automatic weapons... should work out great for you.