This Isn't Feminism, It's Imperialism In Pumps
Caitlin Johnstone
“Let's clear this up before the girl power parade starts: the first woman to head the US war machine will not be a groundbreaking pioneer of feminist achievement. She will be a mass murderer who wears Spanx. Her appointment will not be an advancement for women, it will be imperialism in pumps.”
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I have no use for Caitlin Johnstone, she's an Australian making comments about my countries military, so she can just go F herself. Not that our military has a perfect record, but we have plenty of constructive criticism for them without her help.
Willow_Wisp
Level 8
Nov 16, 2020
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I'm disgusted by the characterization of our highly professional military as "mass murderers" and "ghouls". It's not the Department of "Defense", as Ms Johnson terms it; it's the Department of Defense. No "quote unquote" marks. The department that has been defending- imperfectly, yes, because human beings are involved- America and the free world from the threat of World War 3 for 75 years and still counting. The department under which hundreds of thousands of Americans this very minute are serving, so that Ms Johnson is free to insult them.
She is welcome to her grotesque mischaracterization. And if Michele Flournoy is chosen as Secretary of Defense, she will no doubt defend Ms Johnson's right to insult her as an American freedom, as would I.
That doesn't mean I'm any the less revolted by her utopian drivel.
Paul4747
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Nov 16, 2020
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@Fred_Snerd Need I remind you that the military, in America at least, is under the ultimate command of elected civilians. Military officials may advise a course of action, but the Commander-in-Chief is the one who commits to it, or not.
Sec. of Defense James Mattis (whose nickname was not "Mad Dog", which sobriquet was bestowed on him by Trump) frequently cautioned against precipitate actions, for instance against the strike on Qasem Soleimani, which he warned would ratchet up tensions and push Iran toward extreme measures in retaliation. It was the president who insisted that he wanted to make a statement by essentially assassinating Iran's secretary of defense.
There is usually an inverse relationship between having been under fire, and desiring to go there again, or desiring to put young service members in harm's way. It's typically the civilian leaders who get their idea of combat from Arnold Schwarzenegger films who think war is a romp. Those who go there do so because they see it as their duty. Is there an adrenalin surge? Is there comradery? Absolutely. That's the compensation for risking their lives. But it's usually not why they risk their lives.
@Fred_Snerd Point number two: we have a strong, professional military defending us and our allies abroad precisely so we won't have another world war. We are one of the two remaining superpowers, and there's no getting around it: we are responsible for world peace.
I am a fan of more women in high government and military positions. I am NOT a fan of people who think they are a hammer. Everything tends to look like a nail to them and they are apt to delegate to a hammer.
I really do not understand some women.
silverotter11
Level 9
Nov 16, 2020
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The misogyny is palpable.......
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Nov 16, 2020
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The writer is a woman......
@skado so? Lotsa nutty women out there....Phyllis Shafly, anyone?
I can see other possible explanations.
Okay. We do have to have DOD and we need a Secretary of Defense. Thanks Joe Biden for breaking the glass ceiling big time. Michele Flournoy, will be the highest ranking woman in the military. I think this is a good thing. Unless you wish to end the military, why would you call this Imperialism in pumps. Ridiculous.
barjoe
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Nov 16, 2020
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