Oh, HUCKSTER. You clueless, Bible-thumping LOAD. "The Military kills people and breaks things."

[Miles Archer]

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, known for his sometimes outspoken views on social issues, said Thursday that the military "is not a social experiment" when asked about how he would handle transgender troops serving in the armed forces.

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse," Huckabee said at the first Republican presidential debate.

"The purpose of it is that we protect every American," he added.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/huckabee-purpose-military-kill-people-break-things-n405676

[brooklynite]

1. Actually, he was parroting a Rush Limbaugh line...

[madokie]

2. I wouldn't have ever known that

I've never listened to more than a few words spewed by limbaugh. I refuse to do that. Fuck him and the hate he rode in on

[Adrahil]

4. Limbaugh did not invent that adage, FYI

It's been an adage in the military for a couple decades at least. At least a less polite version.. "Kill people and blow shit up."

[Paladin]

6. Yeah, I've heard that quote for years.

You didn't expect Huckabee to come up with something original, did you?

[Adrahil]

3. He's right and he's wrong.

He's right that the military kills people and breaks things. That's actually and adage the GOP needs to understand more. The military is a hammer, and it's excellent for driving in nails. Not so good for screws or bolts. The GOP loves it some hammer, so every problem starts looking like a nail, and we use the military for stuff it is not well suited for.

OTOH, the military has often led society on social issues. Truman integrate the Army, and lo and behold, the world did not come to an end. The U.S. Navy had been integrated long, LONG before that. Remember all the snark about women on combat ships? Yeah... Now it's just how things are. The Navy did not sink.

Huck's stupid assertion about "social experimentation" would actually harm the military in my view. The military works best when it is being innovative, and moving forward IMO.

[Scuba]

5. +1