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A peon with a mouth tells Austin that the military is woke. How disgusting, disrespectful and dangerous to our military!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)atreides1
(16,093 posts)The DoJ is still gathering evidence...
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/04/desantis-staff-delays-release-of-gaetz-associate-halsey-beshears-spending-records/
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)BootinUp
(47,190 posts)In a heated moment, Austin got into an argument with Rep. Matt Gaetz after the Florida Republican accused the Pentagon of being too focused on "wokeism" and not defense.
Austin charged that Gaetz appeared to be "embarrassed for his country" by questioning the US military's capability, and the two men shouted over one another at several points.
Gaetz charged that the Pentagon "got it wrong" by predicting that Russia would overrun Ukraine within days and that the Taliban would not take control of Afghanistan last year. "You totally blew those calls and maybe we would be better at them if the National Defense University actually worked a little more on strategy and a little less on wokeism," Gaetz said.
"Has it occurred to you that Russia has not overrun Ukraine because of what we've done and what our allies have done?" Austin asked. "Have you ever even thought about that?"
SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)He was fully comfortable engaging in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
BootinUp
(47,190 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,468 posts)hell pee his new big boy pants.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Lets see what hes made of when they arrest him for his many sexually deviant crimes. He will piss his pants.
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,803 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)who are using their favorite pejorative du jour
"What you call 'woke,' we call 'not being an asshole.' You should try it sometime."