Posted on Aug 18, 2021
Is General Milley exhibiting a good standard of leadership? Does this lend to a perception of competence?
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Is white rage, or any form of "systemic racism," a significant problem in the US Military?
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General Milley is an exceptional leader. I experienced racism in the military. 2020 had over 750 cases of discrimination based on race or ethnicity in the military. I'm retired and know racism and discrimination will not go away but I hope it does get better for our brothers and sisters in arms who are affected by it.
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Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis
I accept your assessment and respect of Gen Milley. You may find that others will not be so ready to agree, and I will probably see their points, as well. As as far as racism, is it the type that is being hyped these days, or would people be surprised at to whom this racism is pointed?
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General Milley is definately incompent. I'm sure that at some time in his career he was a good soldier but now he is just a lacky for the liberal left. He should have retired as a junior officer because he does not show leadership qualities. This country looks like a bunch of pussies because of the current Democratic president in office although lots of the so called Republicans aren't much better. What ever happened to the motto "No Man Left Behind". I'm a Viet Nam combat vet and this fiasco is just like the fall of Saigon. It sucked then and sucks now. Where the hell are the leaders, They sure as hell arent in the white house
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SPC David Roberts
I remember the fall of Saigon and this is worse. At least thousands of American citizens weren't left behind back then, and we brought out as many of our allies as we could without worrying about stupid optics.
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I feel like his recent speech about how nobody could have foreseen the collapse of the Afghan government in 11 days was just a big excuse. It's his job as the head of the US military to plan for all contingencies and they certainly didn't plan for this one. Now 11,000 American citizens are at the mercy of the Taliban.
If the Washington Post was able to find out that many high-level Afghan commanders had been bribed to surrender by the Taliban, certainly our intel people should have known. I suspect they did know, but the brass didn't want to hear it.
He's the commander. If the mission fails, he should take responsibility and not make excuses. Not a good standard of leadership.
If the Washington Post was able to find out that many high-level Afghan commanders had been bribed to surrender by the Taliban, certainly our intel people should have known. I suspect they did know, but the brass didn't want to hear it.
He's the commander. If the mission fails, he should take responsibility and not make excuses. Not a good standard of leadership.
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SPC David Roberts
Hard to say how it would have gone under Trump. He did appoint Gen. Milley against SofD Mattis' advice, but he also did pretty well in the faceoff against Iran after killing Qasem Soleimani.
Also, Trump was the president. We're discussing the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff here. I don't see how anyone could have pulled off a worse result than Biden in this affair.
Also, Trump was the president. We're discussing the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff here. I don't see how anyone could have pulled off a worse result than Biden in this affair.
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