Biden's Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin...First Black Man To Hold Position
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My problem with this isn't him my problem with this is that for the second time in a row the secretary of defense comes from the military this is an issue and nobody is addressing it yes he may be qualified but there's something very unsettling about the secretary of defense not being from the civilian world there's a reason why this law was put in place
The Hague never tried anything; The Hague is where many military conventions were written.Aye mayne.... not even gonna lie I almost cursed you out but on a level you sound like these CACs:
Remind me of how the Hague treated that defense?
What you are alluding to, are the Nuremburg Trials. Nuremberg was in many way less about
justice than revenge against Germany. The Americans and the Russians who dominated the
proceedings were also among the most undisciplined militaries in the war. American looted
at will, probably committed war crimes when they bombed Dresden to the ground and killed
400, 000 citizens of the town. The Russians looted, and, even more heinously, raped 9 million
German women.
To the extent that the victors shared the spoils, no American or German ever faced prosecution.
On the other side, Army officers who had never been prosecuted before, were charged, convicted
and hung. One such was General Alfred Jodl, who the chief of staff of the whole German military
He asked during his trial, whether the "chief of staff of Napoleon was ever put on trial for the
wars incepted by France".
This is not to absolve real war criminals of crimes they were guilty of. Herman Goering was the
second in command to Hitler, a very clever witness of the criminal stand, he ran rings around
the prosecution, until a more skilled prosecutor systematically took apart his arguments. Goering
cheated execution when he took his own life by ingesting cyanide. Many suspect that the
American officer he had come to befriend spirited the capsule containing the cyanide to the
Nazi.
What is wrong with a military man? This is good. This man is a subject
matter expert. There is a reason why all the basketball coaches were
former basketball players.
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All the basketball coaches are not former basketball players, an this isn't fucking basketball. this is the military, and again there is a reason why the slow was put in place where you come from it may not be important but in America it is very much understood that civilians control the apparatus of the government and civilians control the apparatus of the military. The United States of America cannot become a junta regime
Stop patronising me. I do not have to put with bullshit. The US did not invent
the military.
Give me the name of a significant basketball coach who never played basketball
You do not know shit about "your country"
30 of the 45 men (66.67%) who have served as president were military men
George Washington, the first president of the US was an army general who
fought in the French and Indian War; he also fought in the Revolutionary Wall,
which brought America its independence.
He was followed by John Andams who was chairman of the war board, and was
thus Defense Secretary and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
He was followed by the rapist pedophile Col Thomas Jefferson
Col James Madison followed Col Jefferson: this mofo fought at the Battle of
Bladensburg
Major James Monroe, who actually fought with the units of George Washington
followed Col Madison
The noted racist Major General Andrew Jackson was a fought in the Revolutionary
War; He also famously defended New Orleans in the War of 1812 and took part in
the Seminole War
Major General William Henry Harrison became president and fought in the
Indian Wars
He was followed by Captain John Tyler who fought in the War of 1812.
He was followed by the Col James Polk, who famously dispatched Gen Winfred
Scott to reduce Mexico and steal 54% of its land
Major General Zachary Taylor, who fought in Polk's Mexican war, the Seminole
wars, the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War followed Polk
Major Millard Fillmore followed Zachary Taylor
Brigadier General Franklin Pierce, veteran of the who fought in the Mexican
war followed Millard Fillmore
Private James Buchanan who fought in the War of 1812 followed Franklin
Pierce
Captain Abraham Lincoln who fought in the Black Hawk War followed James
Buchanan
Brigadier General Andrew Johnson who fought in the Civil War followed Abraham
Lincoln.
General Ulysses Grant who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War followed
Andrew Johnson
Major General Rutherford Hayes who served in the Civil War followed Ulysses Grant
Major General James Garfield who served in the Civil War followed Rutherford Hayes
Brigadier General Chester Arthur who fought in the Civil War, and was an engineer,
followed James Garfield
Brigadier General Benjamin Harrison who fought in the Civil War served as president
Major William McKinley who fought in the Civil War followed Benjamin Harrison
Col Theodore Roosevelt who fought in the Cuban War, and poached many animals in
Africa, followed William McKinley
Colonel Harry Truman who fought in WW1 succeeded, Franklin D Roosevelt, who was
the nephew of Col Roosevelt, to become president
General Dwight D Eisenhower who fought in WW2 followed Harry Truman
Lieutenant John F Kennedy who fought in WW2 followed Dwight Eisenhower
Commander Lyndon B Johnson who fought in WW2 followed Kennedy
Commander Richard Nixon who fought in WW2 followed Lyndon Johnson
Lieutenant Gerald Ford who fought in WW2 followed Richard Nixon
Lieutenant Commander Jimmy Carter who fought in the Korean War followed
Gerald Ford
Captain Ronald Reagan followed Jimmy Carter
Lieutenant George HW Bush who fought in the WW2 followed Ronald Reagan
Lieutenant George W Bush was the last military man to be president
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Damn your Dumb
Biden will face uphill battle confirming retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as Pentagon chief
If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would become the first Black defense secretary. This would put Austin, who retired in 2016, in the same position in which President Trump’s first nominee for defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, found himself.
"In order for Austin to be confirmed, the House and the Senate will have to vote to waive the law that prohibits former military officers from becoming defense secretary within seven years of leaving active duty. This would put Austin, who retired in 2016, in the same position in which President Trump’s first nominee for defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, found himself."
corrected it for you
I was continuing my thought not jumping on your misdirection.
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary
www.cnn.com
(CNN)The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
Austin, who retired in 2016 and had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before taking the job. The House approved the waiver Thursday afternoon, followed by Senate approval of the measure.
Thursday's votes cleared the way for final confirmation in the Senate. Friday's vote was 93-2. Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri were the only two no votes.
Confirmation of the defense secretary gives Biden another key department chief in place as congressional Democratic leaders attempt to move swiftly to confirm Cabinet members and other key officials following Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. The Senate confirmed Biden's first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Senate should "pause and reflect" on the fact that Congress has granted waivers to both the Trump and Biden administrations to confirm defense secretaries.
"The law that we keep waiving actually exists for a good reason," McConnell said. "Civilian control of the military is a fundamental principle of our republic. We emphatically do not want high-ranking military service to become a tacit prerequisite for civilian leadership posts over the Department of Defense."
In the run-up to his confirmation vote, Austin has worked to overcome objections from some lawmakers to allowing a recently retired general to assume the top civilian post at the Pentagon.
He addressed those concerns directly at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon, saying, "If confirmed, I will carry out the mission of the Department of Defense, always with the goal to deter war and ensure our nation's security, and I will uphold the principle of civilian control of the military, as intended."
"I understand and respect the reservations some of you have expressed about having another recently retired general at the head of the Department of Defense," he said at the hearing. "The safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the civil."
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary
The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
www.cnn.com
(CNN)The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
Austin, who retired in 2016 and had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before taking the job. The House approved the waiver Thursday afternoon, followed by Senate approval of the measure.
Thursday's votes cleared the way for final confirmation in the Senate. Friday's vote was 93-2. Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri were the only two no votes.
Confirmation of the defense secretary gives Biden another key department chief in place as congressional Democratic leaders attempt to move swiftly to confirm Cabinet members and other key officials following Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. The Senate confirmed Biden's first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Senate should "pause and reflect" on the fact that Congress has granted waivers to both the Trump and Biden administrations to confirm defense secretaries.
"The law that we keep waiving actually exists for a good reason," McConnell said. "Civilian control of the military is a fundamental principle of our republic. We emphatically do not want high-ranking military service to become a tacit prerequisite for civilian leadership posts over the Department of Defense."
In the run-up to his confirmation vote, Austin has worked to overcome objections from some lawmakers to allowing a recently retired general to assume the top civilian post at the Pentagon.
He addressed those concerns directly at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon, saying, "If confirmed, I will carry out the mission of the Department of Defense, always with the goal to deter war and ensure our nation's security, and I will uphold the principle of civilian control of the military, as intended."
"I understand and respect the reservations some of you have expressed about having another recently retired general at the head of the Department of Defense," he said at the hearing. "The safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the civil."
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary
The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
(CNN)The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
Austin, who retired in 2016 and had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before taking the job. The House approved the waiver Thursday afternoon, followed by Senate approval of the measure.
Thursday's votes cleared the way for final confirmation in the Senate. Friday's vote was 93-2. Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri were the only two no votes.
Confirmation of the defense secretary gives Biden another key department chief in place as congressional Democratic leaders attempt to move swiftly to confirm Cabinet members and other key officials following Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. The Senate confirmed Biden's first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Senate should "pause and reflect" on the fact that Congress has granted waivers to both the Trump and Biden administrations to confirm defense secretaries.
"The law that we keep waiving actually exists for a good reason," McConnell said. "Civilian control of the military is a fundamental principle of our republic. We emphatically do not want high-ranking military service to become a tacit prerequisite for civilian leadership posts over the Department of Defense."
In the run-up to his confirmation vote, Austin has worked to overcome objections from some lawmakers to allowing a recently retired general to assume the top civilian post at the Pentagon.
He addressed those concerns directly at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon, saying, "If confirmed, I will carry out the mission of the Department of Defense, always with the goal to deter war and ensure our nation's security, and I will uphold the principle of civilian control of the military, as intended."
"I understand and respect the reservations some of you have expressed about having another recently retired general at the head of the Department of Defense," he said at the hearing. "The safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the civil."
They gonna say he a sellout unless he doesn't unleash the US military on white folks.
#ghosttownthread
Big Props to the Brother.
He was CENTCOM commander and Commander of FT. Bragg/XVIII Airborne Corp.
The Brotha knows his shit.
He was CENTCOM commander and Commander of FT. Bragg/XVIII Airborne Corp.
The Brotha knows his shit.
Colin Powell 2.0
this good or bad
What it is the point of the lobbying rule when you’re always using the exception?
He's got great military experience unlike Trump's picks and maybe even Obama's picks. This is a homerun hire.
Why waste keystrokes saying DUMB SHIT? Must not have much to do...
It’s symbolism. Nothing more nothing less. Can’t you recognize getting played by now? I figure after 8 years of obeezy you should’ve.
Americans didn't bomb Dresden, the British or Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed Dresden. And approx. 25,000 Germans were killed in the attack compared with what Joesph Gobbels lied that 250,000 Germans died. Raped 9 million German women? Where did you get these numbers and atrocities?
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