Speaking of ‘low IQ’ individuals, has Pence always been stupid or has he caught it from his boss (the human-ish one)?
Vice-President Mike Pence has told the most diverse graduating class in the history of the US Military Academy the world is “a dangerous place” and they should expect to see combat.
“Some of you will join the fight against radical Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said.
He also said: “Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere.”
So is it Afghanistan and Iraq, or the US that’s relocated, unnoticed by all but Pence?
…so he could fix the spelling of “Biden”. Because that was the big problem with it.
Dave Ricks
As #1 noted above from the Guardian, Pence told the West Point grads,
“It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life,” Pence said. “You will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen. Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere.”
I assume from the Guardian article that Pence meant sending US troops to Venezuela in SOUTHCOM, but Mexico is in NORTHCOM, or maybe Pence meant why don’t we have both?
TheDudeDiogenes
I imagine that the hemisphere scheme referenced was this, in which both Iraq and Afghanistan are in the Eastern hemisphere, while the US is in the Western hemisphere.
Holms
And if that is what he meant, he is intimating imminent war in the Americas… such as the military intervention they plainly want in Venezuela.
Acolyte of Sagan
Holms, if the article I just read in the Guardian has any substance, Mr. So-Christian-It-Hurts might just be hinting at war rather closer to home.
Isn’t it. I originally left the link in Miscellany Room 2, where I said that I couldn’t decide whether it was alarming or pathetic. I’m certainly leaning more towards alarming.
Rob
IIRC, Dominionists, who have for decades sought to get ‘their’ preachers into elite military colleges, have always said allegiance to God before country.
Acolyte of Sagan
You had me a tad confused for a minute there, Rob. I saw ‘IIRC Dominionists’ but missed the comma, so was trying to figure out which sect had those initials. I’d got to ‘Irish-Italian Roman Catholic Dominionists’ before the penny dropped.
Rob
That’s alright AoS, I aim to confuse please. As for those damned IIRC’s…
I have to say, I find Dominionists scary. Firstly, they are flying kind of under the radar for most people and use the christian dominance in the USA as cover for what differentiates them from most other christians. Secondly, they are playing a very long and well organised game. Getting members and sympathisers into Government and Military. Thirdly (but not by any means finally), they are exactly the kind of people who, once in power, would not only happily roll back decades of gains in rights for women and minorities, but would likely resort to religious courts and crimes quick smart.
iknklast
they are flying kind of under the radar for most people
So far under the radar that even when you present people with evidence of their existence in corridors of power, people don’t believe you. They think you’re paranoid. Oh, Christians. Yeah, they’re okay, they just have a little too much Jesus, but nothing harmful or anything. It’s not like they could take over, anyway. Besides, why be scared of people who follow Jesus? Of course, the obvious question there is – which Jesus.
I used to assume most people at least understood the risk of the worst of the Christians, but a lot don’t even understand the risk of Christians far less dramatic than Dominionists. I was recently having a play reading of one of my plays, and the person I had reading Jesus was flummoxed at the end. He said he was still trying to wrap his mind around the idea of a vengeful, angry God. He’d never heard any such thing before. I know he (my friend) goes to the Unitarian Church, but still. How could someone live to nearly 70 and have never heard of an angry, vengeful God? I grew up with one, but I would think even most people who didn’t would be aware of that version. I mean, Westboro Baptist Church was on the news so much for so long (I recently learned they picketed Mr. Rogers funeral).
Of course, this group is also unaware of small town mayors that act like John Wayne crossed with George Babbitt, and have never heard the word Feminazi until I bring in plays exploring those ideas. If nothing else, I’m getting them out of their elevated ivory tower world into the brutality of small town Midwestern America. (Seriously, this group seems to embody almost every stereotype of liberal obliviousness).
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Speaking of ‘low IQ’ individuals, has Pence always been stupid or has he caught it from his boss (the human-ish one)?
So is it Afghanistan and Iraq, or the US that’s relocated, unnoticed by all but Pence?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/25/mike-pence-us-military-academy-west-point
“Joe Bidan”
Good news — he deleted the tweet…
…so he could fix the spelling of “Biden”. Because that was the big problem with it.
As #1 noted above from the Guardian, Pence told the West Point grads,
I assume from the Guardian article that Pence meant sending US troops to Venezuela in SOUTHCOM, but Mexico is in NORTHCOM, or maybe Pence meant why don’t we have both?
I imagine that the hemisphere scheme referenced was this, in which both Iraq and Afghanistan are in the Eastern hemisphere, while the US is in the Western hemisphere.
And if that is what he meant, he is intimating imminent war in the Americas… such as the military intervention they plainly want in Venezuela.
Holms, if the article I just read in the Guardian has any substance, Mr. So-Christian-It-Hurts might just be hinting at war rather closer to home.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/26/abortion-ban-rightwing-christian-figures-civil-war-predictions
AoS, that is truly horrifying.
Isn’t it. I originally left the link in Miscellany Room 2, where I said that I couldn’t decide whether it was alarming or pathetic. I’m certainly leaning more towards alarming.
IIRC, Dominionists, who have for decades sought to get ‘their’ preachers into elite military colleges, have always said allegiance to God before country.
You had me a tad confused for a minute there, Rob. I saw ‘IIRC Dominionists’ but missed the comma, so was trying to figure out which sect had those initials. I’d got to ‘Irish-Italian Roman Catholic Dominionists’ before the penny dropped.
That’s alright AoS, I aim to
confuseplease. As for those damned IIRC’s…I have to say, I find Dominionists scary. Firstly, they are flying kind of under the radar for most people and use the christian dominance in the USA as cover for what differentiates them from most other christians. Secondly, they are playing a very long and well organised game. Getting members and sympathisers into Government and Military. Thirdly (but not by any means finally), they are exactly the kind of people who, once in power, would not only happily roll back decades of gains in rights for women and minorities, but would likely resort to religious courts and crimes quick smart.
So far under the radar that even when you present people with evidence of their existence in corridors of power, people don’t believe you. They think you’re paranoid. Oh, Christians. Yeah, they’re okay, they just have a little too much Jesus, but nothing harmful or anything. It’s not like they could take over, anyway. Besides, why be scared of people who follow Jesus? Of course, the obvious question there is – which Jesus.
I used to assume most people at least understood the risk of the worst of the Christians, but a lot don’t even understand the risk of Christians far less dramatic than Dominionists. I was recently having a play reading of one of my plays, and the person I had reading Jesus was flummoxed at the end. He said he was still trying to wrap his mind around the idea of a vengeful, angry God. He’d never heard any such thing before. I know he (my friend) goes to the Unitarian Church, but still. How could someone live to nearly 70 and have never heard of an angry, vengeful God? I grew up with one, but I would think even most people who didn’t would be aware of that version. I mean, Westboro Baptist Church was on the news so much for so long (I recently learned they picketed Mr. Rogers funeral).
Of course, this group is also unaware of small town mayors that act like John Wayne crossed with George Babbitt, and have never heard the word Feminazi until I bring in plays exploring those ideas. If nothing else, I’m getting them out of their elevated ivory tower world into the brutality of small town Midwestern America. (Seriously, this group seems to embody almost every stereotype of liberal obliviousness).