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0 pointsnixon_why6912d ago0 comments

I understand and respect what you're saying here, but the fly in the ointment is that this posting (gitmo) was always bullshit and never actually mattered.

Jessup is missing the forest for the trees far more than I ever could because it's not my job. He's getting kids killed for a bullshit assignment while being a Colonel.

How do you think an Afghanistan or Iraq veteran would regard the Cuba assignment?

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ethbr110d ago

You're missing the forest, because Jessup and the entire enlisted structure would have been rotated to their next posting in 2-3 years max.

And since Jessup seems to have been base commander for a while already, likely less than that.

The goal of the military (as a whole) is to make people substitutable per their rank and MOS.

Allowing good order and discipline to break down (as an officer, NCO, or enlisted) just because of current post is anathema to that.

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