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Give 'em some milk and cookies, too, Tom
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Arkansas republican Senator Tom Cotton this week went on Fox News (surprise!) and
said he had "real doubts" about the U.S. Navy's ability to defeat the Chinese navy in battle.
Now imagine that a Democrat had gone on any network anywhere and doubted the U.S. Navy's abilities to fight a war. Republicans would have crucified any such Democratic politician and the mainstream media would have gobbled it up. But a republican...to date, I could find nothing that had called Cotton to the carpet (nice job, Democrats) for an egregious statement.
I'm not a statesman, and while I might admit the
reports Cotton has seen suggest it (though I have my doubts as the republican party playbook is to turn any boogeyman into the spawn of Satan), but even I know that it's a slap in the face to our servicemen and and a veritable morale killer when our politicians suggest that we can't win any military confrontation. Instead of grandstanding, perhaps saying "I fear China is making huge gains in their ability to battle our naval forces" would be a massive improvement over saying our troops are going to lose.
In the end, it's another shitty job by our national media in failing to point out how disrespectful of our military republicans have become, even if it is for a whiner trying to burnish his Presidential bona fides for an eventual campaign for an office that a man with all of the charisma of skunk spray will never hold.
You Have a Choice: Pass a Voting Rights Bill, or Welcome Fascism to America
Peace,
emaycee
