Anyone following how weak and passive the United States has been in the face of provocations from our adversaries in the Middle East might conclude that the secretary of defense has gone missing.
And at least for a few days last week, he literally was.
In an age when it’s nearly impossible to go off the grid, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin managed it.
He failed to notify the White House and other key players that he was hospitalized in the intensive-care unit.
This, needless to say, is not an incidental detail about his life — like, say, that he routinely does his grocery shopping on Saturday afternoons or is taking the Kansas City Chiefs and giving the points this weekend.
If the principal deputy assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity went missing, presumably only her personal assistant would notice and the country would be better for it.
The secretary of defense, in contrast, is a rather consequential position in the US government. He is in charge of the largest and most important part of the executive branch and second in the chain of command only to the president of the United States.
He is central to any number of scenarios crucial to US national security, including the decision to launch a nuclear strike.
Worse than useless, the entire administration is a criminal crime syndicate.
Corruptness !!!!! Law Breakers !!!! I thought in this country we Don’t have DICTATORS !!!! I was wrong !!!!
If YOU can’t be Impeached for ALL Biden & Hunter & Brother Biden has DONE > You ARE a DICTATOR !!!!!!
WOKE AUSTIN can go Broke !!!
Fire his worthless ass !!!! He ONLY there like Kamala because he is BLACK !!!! PERIOD !!!!!
Chain of Command > BROKEN !!!!! PERIOD !!!!!
leave the Military to the Generals & keep Idiot civilians the Hell Out of it !!!!!
Civilians & Politicians fkk up every war !!!!
WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam Iraq Ukraine Israel > You name it !!
There would be No Ukraine war if TRUMP was in office or Israel War or Taiwan Threat by China
Leave it to the Generals to Win & know what the hell to do after they Win !!!!!
There would be No North Korea today if they listened to McArthur !!!! or CHINA !!!!
There would be no Dictators after WW1 & WW2 !!!! If was made International LAW
There would be No Vietnam if not for Fkk up LBJ & Politicians
Iraq should have been Finished OFF the First time there Not 12 years Later !!!!
With Iraq OH, the news could not take it when Americans had the ENEMY on the run &
Inilated them on the road on the run !!!!! Then we should have Finished off Sadam Not
let him regroup 7 have to go back 12 years later to finish him off !!!! By then he had murdered
Millions more !!!!!! The News did not complain then !!!
Stop putting a Puppet for the president over the Military !!!! NOT NEEDED !!!!! Not Qualified !!!!!
we got plenty of Generals to run things & don’t need an unqualified civilian idiot in charge of them
His escapade was a BREACH OF NATIONAL SECURITY !!!!!! He Better Be Fired by CONGRESS !!!!!!!
AWOL is Serious !!!! Democrats do Nothing !!
So, no one was watching the store with a war going on. That’s encouraging!