US Admiral Makes Point that Military is Under Civilian Control and News Media Freaks Out

A US admiral makes a point about the US military being under civilian control of the military and of course the media runs with sensational headlines such as “If Trump Asked, We’d Nuke China Next Week,’ Says U.S. Navy Fleet Commander”.  The Pacific Fleet Commander probably should have been more careful in his wording considering the pathetically poor state of journalism in the United States currently:

Admiral Scott Swift

But the head of the largest fleet in the U.S. Navy, Admiral Scott Swift, was quick to swear his loyalty to the commander-in-chief Thursday, to the point that the admiral said he would hypothetically follow the president’s orders to launch a nuclear missile at China.

“The answer would be: yes,” said Swift, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, when asked a question during an Australian National University security conference in the Australian capital, Canberra, the AP reported.

Swift made no suggestion that any such order had been given, but seemed to make the remark in the context of underscoring the U.S. military’s oath of allegiance to whoever holds the office of the president of the United States.  [Newsweek]

Really Newsweek do you have to add the statement “Swift made no suggestion that any such order had been given…”  I would think we would be at a state of war with China before any order to nuke the country was given.  Reading the various media articles on this topic almost seems like the media wanted Admiral Swift to say he would not follow President Trump’s orders

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Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Journalists are stupid.
But they need the hits to pay off the loans for their worthless degrees.
So…they’re (paradoxically) acting as rational actors by appealing to the world of irrational idiots…who will eat this up and retweet and “ping” it or whatever.

a listener
a listener
6 years ago

Liz you know who else thought journalists and journalism was stupid? Kim il Sung,Kim Jong il,Hitler, Stalin, etc

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Strange that they were so fearful if they thought them stupid.

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

There was a time when we held journalists to standards and did not reward the stupid. But that ship sailed a while ago.

Tbonetylr
Tbonetylr
6 years ago

Liz won’t complain next time S. Korea bashes the USA military as a whole and will line up to kneel before Trump who incites violence against journalists. Good puppy dog Liz, now fetch!

Smokes
6 years ago

Hey hey.. just because Liz hates Transgenders and supports the military swamp no need to pile up on her. 😡

So under a listerner’s polarized view of things you can’t say a thing about the state of journalism or those operating within it? Thanks Dems and Repubs for this idiotic RvB mentality that’s captured the nation. ❗

For the record it is possible to want to hold journalism to a standard without wanting it crushed. :hmm:

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

I don’t hate transgenders, Smokes.
Crossdressing is a fetish and
“I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body” is a punchline.

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

I do, however, hate the term transgender. I also hate the term cisgender, demisexual, and all the other garbage sex categories that has been invented in the past five years.
The word is transvestite. See Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Damn I’m grumpy. And I was in a great mood this morning.
A salubrious restorative…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCZDWZFtyWY

Smokes
6 years ago

Don’t be so quick to eat the troll bait; besides I have seen the RHPS and the image of Tim Curry in that outfit is perma-burned into my head. Yechhkk!comment image

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Lol smokes.
Don’t mess with me when I’m hormonal. 😳

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

Who brought toast?

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