* This is something Trump or Cruz should run with. This is all the result of executive decisions and could easily be reversed by the next President. Right now Trump has pretty good military support. If he announced that he was going to overturn these policies his military support would go through the roof. Most military guys are not happy with this, but are too afraid to speak up, or even parrot the party line, e.g. General Casey.
* It’s hard to know what the ruling elite wants. It certainly wants a strong US military to invade and destroy whatever country happens to be next on the neocons’ hit-list. On the other hand, this “bias training” makes it obvious that it doesn’t want optimal military efficiency either. I suppose they feel secure in the belief that the US armed forces will always have the advantage of being financed by the world’s largest tax base.
* Unless you are some super duper Alpha/Sigma dude, you basically will either fall in love and/or feel protective of women you work for/with, even if they be super beatches. It is just the way we’re wired. Of course, instant conflict if guy A and B both fall for chick C who is in their platoon – just add guns! Recipe for disaster.
* Keep in mind this story is about the USMC. I imagine far worse has happened to the US Army. And frankly that is the bigger issue because in any major war the Army IS the ground component of our military.
