Meanwhile, the rest of the world is preparing apace to fill the void that the U.S. vacates. Indonesia's new leader is about to sign on to BRICS, a departure from his predecessors. China is in South America at the APEC meeting as I write this with a fistful of finance to woo other middle powers into its orbit. Carbon neutral tech innovators in other countries are seeing an opportunity to capitalize on becoming exporters of green energy technology that we could have been world leaders in. China is right now at the forefront of this race. Australia and the EU are planning to get in the competition.
Trump has made the U.S. weak in advance of his rule. The rest of the world is well ahead of us on seeing this.
One more thing is that I have observed during those who actually never experience war will often be promoted based on politics, but the best leaders have been tested in battle. That military review panel would gut the best military in the world. This is being done because our enemies can't defeat us on the battlefield, so they are trying to defeat us from inside!!
I too saw many of the best among us enlisted leave the Navy. Fortunately, I was told both that I was needed and also that I would receive significant promotions throughout my service. This became true as I ended my career as an E8 and had the honor of both commissioning a ship and establishing a shore command!
We can only hope that the good soldiers see this as a time to tough it out and do their best to maintain good morals and standards in the military, with hopes that the tide will change after Trump is gone. I know this might be a long shot, but we can only hope that there will be some resistance from within, and the strongest military force in the world doesn’t become fully supportive of this right wing ideology. If the military caves entirely to the MAGA ideology the US is doomed and will become vulnerable to attacks/wars by countries with strong militaries, like China. It will be the end of the world as we know it. In my 63-years (22 in the Army) I would have NEVER thought the military would be in a crisis of this magnitude, but here we are.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is preparing apace to fill the void that the U.S. vacates. Indonesia's new leader is about to sign on to BRICS, a departure from his predecessors. China is in South America at the APEC meeting as I write this with a fistful of finance to woo other middle powers into its orbit. Carbon neutral tech innovators in other countries are seeing an opportunity to capitalize on becoming exporters of green energy technology that we could have been world leaders in. China is right now at the forefront of this race. Australia and the EU are planning to get in the competition.
Trump has made the U.S. weak in advance of his rule. The rest of the world is well ahead of us on seeing this.
One more thing is that I have observed during those who actually never experience war will often be promoted based on politics, but the best leaders have been tested in battle. That military review panel would gut the best military in the world. This is being done because our enemies can't defeat us on the battlefield, so they are trying to defeat us from inside!!
Heartbreaking. All of it.
I too saw many of the best among us enlisted leave the Navy. Fortunately, I was told both that I was needed and also that I would receive significant promotions throughout my service. This became true as I ended my career as an E8 and had the honor of both commissioning a ship and establishing a shore command!
Well written summation of similar thoughts I’ve had.
Signed,
Current MAJ (P)
Nice work, very informative, thanks.
Tell me again why anyone would support that man!
We can only hope that the good soldiers see this as a time to tough it out and do their best to maintain good morals and standards in the military, with hopes that the tide will change after Trump is gone. I know this might be a long shot, but we can only hope that there will be some resistance from within, and the strongest military force in the world doesn’t become fully supportive of this right wing ideology. If the military caves entirely to the MAGA ideology the US is doomed and will become vulnerable to attacks/wars by countries with strong militaries, like China. It will be the end of the world as we know it. In my 63-years (22 in the Army) I would have NEVER thought the military would be in a crisis of this magnitude, but here we are.