Comments on: When it comes to North Korea,it’s good to know that our military has its priorities straight

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:48:43 +0000

The nation won’t be in danger. Those at the front will merely be grinded up a bit for the Left’s pleasure. The greatest danger to the US is inside, not outside.

By: PierreL

PierreL — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:30:19 +0000

The good news – below flag rank, our military is the most competent in the world at their primary mission, being ready to wage and win an actual war.
Course the bad news is the guys below cannot do anything if the guys above are incompetent…
With the speed of war these days by the time we flush out the incompetence we might be in dire straits. This assumes that the Commander In Chief isn’t actually intent of failure. Or more correctly perhaps his vision of success is different than ours.

By: Wolf Howling

Wolf Howling — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:56:18 +0000

Like virtually every military in the world, flag rank among the U.S. military goes in peacetime to politicians posing in military garb – and those politicians are almost all militarily incompetent. That is not universally true, a few warriors do end up making it into peacetime flag rank, but that is more the exception than the rule. My read of history is that it takes the first two years of a war directly involving that branch of the service before the warriors are picked to replace all of the political generals and admiral.

It has pretty much been the same way since the Revolutionary War – with the sole exception being WWII, where George Marshall emptied the flag ranks before the war started and elevated the most competent warriors. Col. Patton, then set for retirement in the pre-WWII Army before Marshall elevated him, is the most obvious example.

Under Obama, the Navy’s unwritten mission has been changed from war fighting to serving as a primary vehicle for Obama’s global warming push. The Navy is being forced to purchase grossly overpriced green fuels on a massive scale, and ships are being refitted to use this fuel. It is no surprise to me at all that an Admiral in Obama’s navy sees global warming as more of a threat than, well, actual threats. Commenting on the North Korean threat will win him no kudos with the utterly risk averse Obama administration. Concentrating on global warming will win him another star.

The good news – below flag rank, our military is the most competent in the world at their primary mission, being ready to wage and win an actual war.

By: David Foster

David Foster — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:49:57 +0000

Occam’s Razor would suggest that the admiral’s comments can be best explained by the technical phrase “sucking up to the boss.”

By: PierreL

PierreL — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:45:34 +0000

The problem is North Korea launches on us by firing off a missile that instead of flying over the artic flies out over the south pole hitting us from the south where we have no sensors. Even our military will have no idea why the lights go out…

EMP is a mortal threat to civilization…and several crazy men now have the ability to launch a strike.

By: jj

jj — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:30:21 +0000

The Navy’d be better off with Heather Locklear.

Japan has a great navy, with a lot of capability, systems shared by us, and a closer – and regularly exercised – relationship with the US Navy than anyone, up to and including the Royal Navy. We may be off in search of melting icebergs, but they’ll be pretty serious about keeping an eye on Fat Boy.

By: SADIE

SADIE — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:26:13 +0000

We've come to the fork in the road - no one in charge has a clue what to do with it, other than award medals. NRO:

An Air Force chaplain has been awarded a Bronze Star for his service in crafting an especially good PowerPoint about how to treat Islamic religious materials with sensitivity, accord ing to Ohio’s Dayton Daily News. After U.S. troops in Afghanistan accidentally burned copies of the Koran, sparking riots that took over 30 lives, Lieutenant Colonel Jon Trainer came to the rescue: After the accidental burning last year of Qurans by U.S. troops in Afghanistan sparked deadly rioting, an Air National Guard chaplain from Springfield stepped in and potentially saved countless American lives. For his effort, Lt. Col. Jon Trainer received the prestigious Bronze Star — a medal given for heroic or meritorious achievement in connection with operations against an armed enemy. And he did it with a PowerPoint presentation. . . .

By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:36:43 +0000

North Korea and Iran: We have these problems because we choose to have these problems. What we *need* is Henry V negotiating with the French. What we *have* is Arthur negotiating with the French.

By: PierreL

PierreL — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:30 +0000

Here is the link to the full article...good thing we have the messiah as President or else I would be worried. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/understanding-north-korea-and-iran?f=must_reads#ixzz2My1iJEir Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security who advises Congress on the full spectrum of security issues. He is now focused on preventing a nuclear or natural electromagnetic pulse (EMP) catastrophe–the greatest threat now facing civilization.Dr. Pry has spent his entire career protecting America from Weapons of Mass Destruction and EMP, first at the Central Intelligence Agency, then at the House Armed Services Committee, on the Congressional EMP Commission and Strategic Posture Commission. He is the author of the new book, Civil-Military Preparedness For An Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe, a Kindle e-book available on Amazon.com

By: PierreL

PierreL — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:05 +0000

Here is the link to the full article...good thing we have the messiah as President or else I would be worried. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/understanding-north-korea-and-iran?f=must_reads#ixzz2My1iJEir Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security who advises Congress on the full spectrum of security issues. He is now focused on preventing a nuclear or natural electromagnetic pulse (EMP) catastrophe–the greatest threat now facing civilization. Dr. Pry has spent his entire career protecting America from Weapons of Mass Destruction and EMP, first at the Central Intelligence Agency, then at the House Armed Services Committee, on the Congressional EMP Commission and Strategic Posture Commission. He is the author of the new book, Civil-Military Preparedness For An Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe, a Kindle e-book available on Amazon.com