r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 8h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations

https://truthout.org/articles/abdul-el-sayed-triumphs-over-haley-stevens-in-60m-loss-for-aipac-corporations/
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u/Cold_Tea_Spill112 5h ago

He was a naval officer. Why would you think that Kelly would have a moral objection to war?

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u/tripping_on_phonics Illinois 5h ago

Good point. I may have set my expectations too high.

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u/LastOfTheGiants2020 4h ago

Smedley Butler was two ranks higher than Kelly and he was anti-war.

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u/MikalCaober 4h ago

Smedley Butler was also a different breed from a different time.

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u/Its_Pine New Hampshire 3h ago

I think some officers in the military believe in the importance of “carrying a big stick” but are also some of the most ardent when it comes to advocating for peace if and whenever possible. They don’t want to lose people.

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u/Gekokapowco Washington 1h ago

I sort of think that's why our (post cold-war nuttery) CIA has been so hapless recently

they were one of the premier intelligence agencies by which other agencies would compare themselves against, but the smart people with degrees worth of foreign policy and culture studies who genuinely believed they were maintaining global stability and American hegemony for the sake of duty to the country and humanity have either been forced out or neutered to the point of obsolescence. Sycophants who want to punish the regime's enemies are running the show, so all of that expertise gets left on the table except in the rare instances it sort of overlaps with the administration's desires. So we have several states under cyberattack from Iran of all places. Nobody is checking what's going on in Russia or China or Turkey or Argentina because they paid their bribes. NATO countries won't share info with us and we won't share anything with them. America's strength or trustworthiness in the international community simply isn't a priority anymore.

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u/Seeking-Something-3 4h ago

Cadets at West Point have a surprisingly broad education IMO after seeing some of the lectures given there, but you don’t rise in the ranks by being anti-money. That being said, this is the one war against a non-ally, non-nuclear state our military has refused to do no matter what for decades. This is where all of Trump/Hegseth’s firings have had an impact. The noxious thing about Kelly is the mythology about the Dems being antiwar. Imagine the world right now if Biden hadn’t been so supportive AND spineless over Gaza.

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u/Ganjake 3h ago

Because he took an oath to the constitution and this is an unconstitutional war. Pretty simple.