How General Kelly's Attitudes Reflect the U.S. of A
When retired Marine General John Kelly became White House Chief of Staff and thereby the leader of the ruling junta the media were effusive about the "grown-up," and "adult" man.
- General John F. Kelly: from Brighton to the White House - Boston Globe, July 12 2017
With Kelly, “you’ve got an adult in the room,” said Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary for Homeland Security and author based in Cambridge.
- John Kelly is a grown-up in command at White House - Washington Times, Juli 31 2017
- John Kelly: An adult in a childish president’s White House - Seattle Times, August 4 2017
Kelly just proved again that the lauded "adult" and "grown-up" is just another militaristic right-winger, has little knowledge outside of his narrow training and is as smug as the president he nominally serves:
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly on Monday called Robert E. Lee “an honorable man” and said that “the lack of an ability to compromise” led to the Civil War, once again thrusting himself into the public spotlight on an emotionally charged issue.
How does one compromise over slavery? The "right" to own and abuse other humans to increase the wealth of their owners was the main issue the southern states fought for:
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world.
General Lee was not a nice man. A slave owner himself. he liked to torture his "property" when it did not obey:
Wesley Norris, one of the slaves who was whipped, recalled that “not satisfied with simply lacerating our naked flesh, Gen. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done.”
Was that the deed of "an honorable man"?
It is not the first time the "adult" Kelly has shown his real face:
Long seen as a force of order and discipline in the White House, the retired Marine general became part of the controversy over the president’s calls to Gold Star families this month when he defended Trump’s statements to a widow, made false claims about a Florida congresswoman who had criticized the White House and said he would only take questions from reporters who knew families that had lost service members overseas. He told Ingraham on Monday that he did not believe he had anything to apologize for.
There is nothing astonishing about this. Kelly did not become a 4-star Marine general for being an enlightened defender of humanity.
The illusions some liberal luminaries expose when the lament about Kelly is quite astonishing:
Ta-Nehisi Coates @tanehisicoates - 9:29 AM - 31 Oct 2017Shocking that someone charged with defending their country, in some profound way, does not comprehend the country they claim to defend.
The White House and the U.S. military are not about "defending their country". The U.S. is surrounded by two oceans and two weak neighbors. The coast guard and some local police forces are sufficient to defend its borders. How many of the hundred-some wars the U.S. has fought were truly defensive? Most, if not all of them, were and are fought for imperial power and for the enrichment of the people of the United States. The methods were and are brutal and the enemies were and are nearly always depicted in racist terms.
The differences between the motives and attitudes of the southern states in the civil war and the motives and attitudes of the U.S. of A towards the world are marginal. Kelly comprehends that well.
Lamenting about Kelly's biased view of history looks silly when the speaker then misconstrues the imperialism of the U.S. and the role of its military.
Kelly and the other members of the junta are, like Trump, not abnormities but reflections of the United States.
Posted by b on October 31, 2017 at 18:45 UTC | Permalink
« previous pageben, yes - prison labor. About 50% of USA prisoners actually work full time, with the rest working part time or not at all. The profits while not tremendous are still consequent. The tax payer pays for the ‘slave’ to be housed, fed, locked up, policed, serviced by doctors, etc. The ‘slave’ then works almost for free. As the Constitution lays out that ‘free labor’ of this sort (see others above) can only be used as punishment, ‘crimes’ had to be invented, and ‘drugs’ have been the perfect hypocritical ploy. (..poor ppl are denied joints while banksters snort coke, shoot heroin, take LSD, etc.)
This is the reason the US holds the all-time staggering record for imprisoned ppl. Slavery diversified into different avenues - I’d mention debt-slavery of young ppl as another important one.
Link lists cos. that use prison labor, ex. only - idk if correct.
http://returntonow.net/2016/06/13/prison-labor-is-the-new-american-slavery/
To conquer a continent (US), and gather riches, implement speedy efficient exploitation of natural resources: genocide, slavery, massive immigration of ‘starving’ workers, extreme cruelty to some, etc. are necessary. This template is applied world-wide, without the massive immigration, as the ppl on the ground (who remain alive after the first onslaught) can be enslaved, it is thought, easily. Iraq is the typical ex.
Posted by: Noirette | Nov 2 2017 16:05 utc | 102
Perhaps the question as to the legality of secession has taken stage as of recently for a twofold reason: 1) to paint the resurgence of nationalism and pulling back from globalism as racist and xenophobic (of which we are sure of the msm is currently employing) and 2) to inoculate the masses against sympathy to pro-secession movements that will no doubt likely crop up as the US economy tanks. Mark my words, there will be no more bailouts without forceful employment of the national guard to collect taxes to prop up failed states such as Illinois and the like who are festering sores of debt over the US's pockmarked face.
I was wrong to say that the Civil War does not matter to current politics. As Oilman2 points out, watch the EU in coming times, knowning that the US will soon follow the pattern with questions of soverignty emerging from states who don't want to kick the can down the road any longer. It is inevitable.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 2 2017 16:24 utc | 103
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I call myself Heros because of this man:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heros_von_Borcke
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War and the War of Northern Aggression.
Posted by: Heros | Nov 2 2017 8:50 utc | 101