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The US military of the 1990s was a very different organization than it is today. Pretending we have the same solid military leadership right now as we did then

• AndrewKemendo 8y ago
  James Mattis, the current Secretary of Defense, was an Military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense during Kosovo. So literally the same person from the 90s is in a key leadership position now in the Military.
  • cryptoz 8y ago
    So we're just pretending that Trump doesn't exist? There's a big difference between then and today.
    • AndrewKemendo 8y ago
      Yea basically. Obviously the President is the final authority of the DoD, and the Chain of Command will obey legal orders, but as was made clear with the Transgender conflict between the SECDEF and POTUS it's not as clear cut as the POTUS saying "do as I say" and it just happening. The Department of Defense isn't an overtly political organization and has a deep philosophy of operating largely the same irrespective of who the CINC is. [1] https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/02/22/mattis-recommends-keeping-transgender-troops-military-report.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/02/22/mattis-recomm...
      • cryptoz 8y ago
        > Yea basically. Pretending Trump doesn't exist is a really, really bad idea. It's extremely dangerous to the democracy that exists in the USA and the world to pretend that the insane President, self-declared dictator of the country simply does not exist. Your example is a logical fallacy. Merely because the President's orders via tweet were not enacted does not mean you can simply ignore the current situation. 'I have the absolute right to PARDON myself' he said today. He is not a President, the US military is unstable presently due to his leadership, by definition.