U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), the far-right hard-core conservative who since February has been single-handedly holding up the promotions of over 300 U.S. Military officers, has now expanded his fight from a battle against the Pentagon’s policy supporting service members needing to travel out-of-state to obtain abortion services into a war whose targets are individuals: career U.S. Military officers awaiting promotions.
Among the reasons for the attacks: one officer allegedly “joined a ‘Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion panel,’” and one “celebrated Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
“There is nobody more military than me,” “Coach” Tuberville infamously said last month, when his hit list holding up promotions requiring Senate confirmation had just reached 265 U.S. Military officers. Senator Tuberville’s remarks were not well-received, especially since, as multiple news outlets reported, he had never served in America’s Armed Forces, and had been caught misrepresenting his father’s World War II military record.
“I don’t care if they promote anybody,” Tuberville admitted last week. “To be […]
I don’t agree with this man or his tactics; however, as the senator is quoted: ” “I don’t care if they promote anybody,” Tuberville admitted last week. “To be honest, we got 44 four-star generals right now. We only had seven in World War II. So I think we’re a little overloaded to begin with.”
I don’t know if the above quote is correct, but if it is, it should give all of us pause. He may be very misguided in his tactics, but also very correct in his assessment that we are far too “overloaded” with military brass. This is what one would expect when running a worldwide military empire.