We have 2 kids in the military and as long as it doesn’t affect them, they are just waiting it out like most of us would with a bad boss. They aren’t highly placed though.
I do think he’s a raging misogynist and racist, and doesn’t hide it. Both our military kids are white (mostly, enough to pass certainly) and men, so they aren’t being targeted directly by his policies. They do know he is making the military weaker but figure they can wait him out (again, like most of us would do with a bad boss)
I don’t think it’s so much that people are just placating him, more that he, like Trump, fires anyone who opposed him so then ends up surrounded by yes men, with no idea he’s making bad decisions. Like if I relied on copilot to help me make decisions, yes? “Oh yes, that makes perfect sense”
I’ll not give a source, but on good authority, they’re very fed up with the very stupid approach of this administration. They refuse to call it, “the Department of War.”
In the same conversation, my source said that they were happy in 2021 because, “the adults were back in charge.”
The real problem are the troops (presumably ~25-30%) who love the Department of War and are glad we’re finally putting those woke pansies in their place
It is the kind of work environment that attracts people just itching to use the terms “war”, “woke”, and “pansies” in the same sentence.
Not saying anything about you, in particular. Just identifying the accuracy of your characterization.
I think those who want to be part of a professional military are not primarily interested in the use of force, wars of choice, or projecting power. They are interested in deterrence, discipline, and a duty to protect.
Nobody speaks up in public. But if you watch the top brass you can catch glimpses of their disdain for Trump and the GOP’s culture war bullshit.
One of my favorite examples is the video of Admiral Gilday sticking up for a non-binary sailor (and the Navy in general) when Tommy Tuberville tried to grill him in a senate hearing. Another time, previous Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited troops abroad and let a line slip about trouble back home.
If there weren’t, we’d be under martial law right now and the 50501 protests would have been massacred.
Now, I can’t begin to guess how many, beyond the fact that it’s enough to prevent the real Soviet-style dipshit psychopath shit from happening. But it’s at least that many.
