The leaders of three branches of the U.S. military slammed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) over his monthslong blockade of senior military promotions Tuesday, with one accusing the Republican senator of “aiding and abetting communists.”
“For someone who was born in a communist country, I would have never imagined that actually one of our own senators would actually be aiding and abetting communists and other autocratic regimes around the world,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro — a Cuban-born Navy veteran — said Tuesday during an interview on CNN alongside Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.
“This is having a real negative impact and will continue to have a real negative impact on our combat readiness,” Del Toro added.
What’s with all the down votes? Regardless of this situation even, I’m confident a good amount of people in the US still have no clue what communism really is… or fascism, Marxism, banana republic, etc. I was constantly told in my childhood to watch out for communists, long before I was old enough to understand. The indoctrination continues.
“Communism” is a leftover, inaccurate descriptor to say “Russia, China and North Korea.” While inaccurate, the shorthand still works.
And Russia is being an aggressor. So… if we accept the inaccuracy so the General can get a better soundbite, he’s got a point.
Then the caught-on-an-inaccuracy-but-losing-the-big-picture response… that caught downvotes. Because it lost the bigger picture.
Or would rather Russia win, as later responses may have implied.
You’re correct but the down votes are because OP is completely missing the point to go on a useless rant.
Annnnnnd I see that now, haha.
Good question. Probably bootlickers who have been propagandized their entire lives. China is far more capitalist than communist IMO. It’s kind of a blend these days. They also think places like China & Russia are the enemy whe in reality our own government is the enemy and have progressively made things worse and worse for the poor and working class for decades.