{"id":79474,"date":"2021-09-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=79474"},"modified":"2021-09-12T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T19:02:37","slug":"nominal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=79474","title":{"rendered":"Nominal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Nominal” is Latin for “in name only.” William S. Lind<\/a>, author of books on 4th Generation Warfare, knows a thing or two about armies. He says the Afghan Army was a ‘nominal’ army – an army in name, only. In reality, it was a bunch of guys who needed a job but didn’t much care about fighting and dying for their country. The Afghan Army collapsed overnight because it never really existed outside the minds of bureaucrats who believed in it. An army that won’t fight isn’t a military force, it’s a social work project. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That brings us to the United States military with its woke generals and high-heel wearing cadets and purging the ranks for fear of white supremacists. If the US military isn’t a fighting force, what is it? It’s a stepping stone. For young people, it’s free college. For lower ranks, it’s a place to belong until you retire. But for top ranks – admirals and generals – it’s the finishing school for a job in the military-industrial complex, all those Beltway Bandits living off the Pentagon. Manufacturers of military equipment need customers. If insurgents don’t have military grade weapons, national governments won’t buy more. Their eternal quandary is: How do we get military grade weapons into the hands of terrorists so that national governments will buy more of our product, without getting caught selling to proscribed people?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The top brass of the US military ordered the bug-out from Afghanistan leaving behind billions (with a b) billions of dollars worth of military grade weapons and equipment knowing it would fall into the hands of the Taliban and from there would find its way to insurgent groups worldwide, causing national governments everywhere to need more and better military grade weapons and hardware. Our top brass are well on the way to becoming Salesmen of the Year. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There will be so much for a new conservative administration to fix\u2026<\/p>

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\u2026 if we ever get one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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