After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my li

[BigOleDummy]

"Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said in a recent interview that he believes the US currently has "the weakest military that we've had in probably a year in my lifetime."

Tuberville made his comments Monday evening after Newsmax's Eric Bolling mentioned the US military's spending on diversity training.

"$114 million on diversity training, you gotta be kidding me," Tuberville said.

"We've got the weakest military that we've had in probably a year in my lifetime," he added. "Now we've got a lot of good military people, but infiltrating our military is all this wokeness and it's coming from the top, coming from Joe Biden, coming from Secretary of Defense Austin."

Read more at : https://www.businessinsider.com/tuberville-said-us-has-the-weakest-military-in-his-lifetime-2023-11

After hes spent how long again knee capping them? What a piece of trash smh

[JohnSJ]

1. I wish he would be called out as an anti-American jackass. Shame on Alabama for

electing this miserable person

[keithbvadu2]

4. Shame on Alabama for electing this Florida resident?

[JohnSJ]

6. Yup

[dutch777]

2. Who do we have that could successfully run against him next election?

So damn hard in these gerrymandered red states to get even the biggest bozos out.

[misanthrope]

24. Gerrymandering shouldn't affect a senatorial race

It is statewide.

[kimbutgar]

3. On Raw story they have an article saying that generals and admirals are in agreement about his

Blocking promotions. I predict he will be imploding soon from all his lies and bs.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. I'm confused, are you saying that generals and admirals agree with his stance?

That they agree all these promotions should be delayed?

I was under the impression the military generally was appalled at his behavior.

[kimbutgar]

18. The article, Tommy Tuberville: 'Admirals and generals' want me to keep blockading military promotions

In fact, Tuberville told CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju on Monday, the military is on his side.

"Nothing has changed," said Tuberville. "I've talked to admirals and generals, I've had people call me — I have had people call me over the holidays and say 'keep doing what you're doing, we're not having any problem.'"

Pressed for specific examples of admirals and generals who support his obstruction of military appointments, Tuberville said, “They’re people that are in the military ... it’s good to hear from people that are actually doing what they’re doing.”


https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-claims-military-support/

The dude is insane and I seriously don’t think any military people are in agreement with him!

[Maru Kitteh]

23. I'm betting he's had one or two at best tell him this. Once or twice only.

There are still plenty of those white nationalists in the military that the MAGAts love so fervently.

[Midnight Writer]

35. General Flynn.

[yardwork]

32. That sounds like Trump. "Sir, please keep blocking these appointments."

"With tears in their eyes, they throw themselves on my manly chest and beg me, sir, sir please, please keep blocking these appointments.

I can't tell you how many have done this. With tears in their eyes."

[TheRealNorth]

5. He is holding those jobs open

So that people loyal to TFG will be appointed should TFG win in 2024.

Next time, there will not be resistance from the higher ranks when a Republican wants to use the military against Democrats.

[NCIndie]

12. Ok. That makes no sense.

Military officers are not political appointees.

[TheRealNorth]

27. At the top they are

And they ultimately give the orders to those underneath them and decide who gets nominated for promotions. That's the whole point of stalling the promotions in the Senate -so that TFG and a new military leadership will nominate MAGA-loyal officers to higher commands.

[yardwork]

33. Apparently they are.

[NCIndie]

37. I doubt it.

[yardwork]

38. They're being held up by a senator, so apparently they are.

[BigOleDummy]

36. As I've pointed out at least twice now.....

... I do NOT see anything about "using the military" against us as a valid point. I also doubt VERY seriously his claims about being contacted by those unnamed "higher ups".

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Once again, irony is shown to be dead.

[usonian]

8. A new Order of Lenin medal every month.

[NCIndie]

11. So ... Tuberville is a commie?

I don't understand your point.

[bronxiteforever]

14. I got the point immediately

[usonian]

21. Despite the graphic above:

• Putin benefits most from a weakened U.S. military, and
• EVERYTHING that the GOP has done since 2016 (and even earlier) benefits PUTIN.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18457947
From an earlier rpost:
May need updating.
Start with "Trump delivers Ukraine to Putin". His trained monkeys try to sabotage Ukraine aid daily.

a successful coup has overtaken the USSC, which is dismantling the Constitution in an effort concerted with right-wing domestic terrorists, the GOP, oligarchs, Christian Nationalists and others, a Mitchavillian (!) scheme that follows the Russian strategy to divide and destroy the United States:

Simply put, Normalize hate and violence. Stochastic terrorism. Bring down elected government and democratic processes. This was also seen in 30’s Germany,

We are in a state of emergency, and are today divided into slave and free states.

The suspected instigator and supporter, Russia, has proven itself to be a third-rate power, relying on agents within the U.S. who sabotage the U.S. with acts of terrorism, insurrection and sedition, a second civil war.


Pieces of the puzzle fit perfectly. They involve: The RW shift from issues to outright terrorism and Russian messaging, Russia’s dependence on oil, their State-Adopted Religion and white dominance, long-term plans to annex Ukraine, divisive “bot” posts on social media, a major news outlet praising Putin, sponsorship of NRA to encourage mob rule, fear and domestic terrorism over constitutional government. (more detail below. )

...

When you start with the premise that Russia has instigated a campaign of disruption in the U.S. to bolster its aims, ALL the pieces fit together perfectly.

1. The conservative movement took a hard swing right from its Limbaugh days of conservative issues and hate to pure hate and destruction. This coincides with the breakup of the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet messaging ceased.

2. Russia’s economy is extremely oil-dependent. Oil interests control many legislators, and reap massive subsidies and favors.

3. Russia is an Orthodox “Christian in name only”, mostly white state. The church blesses nuclear warheads and Putin has declared his intention to expand his White Christian Nationalism.

4. Putin wants Ukraine. Arguably, that is the cause of his interference in the 2015 election to install an asset as president and weaken NATO, effectively delivering him Ukraine.

5. Bots spread lies and divisive messages to get Americans to fight one another.

6. A major news outlet repeatedly praises Putin, when there’s nothing apparent to gain by doing so. On the surface, anyway.

7. Russia financed and infiltrated the NRA with the goal of replacing constitutional government with mob rule, and domestic terrorism.

[NCIndie]

9. Tuberville seems intent on throwing out the (gigantic) baby with the bathwater.

If he was serious at all about silly military spending (and he is not), he would focus on those items and not promotions.

[Johonny]

10. Wokeness, bet he was great to play for

In college . . .

[bronxiteforever]

13. Tommy Turdville, Alabama's FU to the Armed Forces n/t

[2naSalit]

16. I think it's time for...

The pitchforks for this guy.

Fuck that traitor.

[Paladin]

17. Fuck you where you BREATHE, Tuberville. (nt)

[Initech]

19. They need to go shove this "woke" crap up their stupid asses.

It's just another made up tactic by Fox News to scare people into voting conservative and enacting hateful bigotry as law.

[Attilatheblond]

22. Is he expecting a Christmas bonus from Putin?

Mitch should take him to the woodshed.

[Chakaconcarne]

25. Was that a call out to our adversaries?

[misanthrope]

26. Auburn University alumni have seen this routine before

You have to pay him $5 million to make him go away.

[yardwork]

31. That would be a bargain.

[maxsolomon]

28. Jackhole is older than me

and I remember the late '70s US military. the kid across the street had a brother in the Navy - he brought a GALLON of hash oil back from a tour in the Middle East.

More pointless hyperbole.

[Emile]

29. That's what they do. Sit on their hemorrhoidal

asses and point their shit stained fingers.

[yardwork]

30. I don't out and out HATE very many people, but he's one.

[lpbk2713]

34. Too stupid to realize how stupid he is.