My first question was” Who is Joh Bird?”
It says this at the end of the article:
Vice admiral John Bird, USN (ret.), is former commander of U.S. 7th Fleet. He is currently a member of policy projects at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA) Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.”
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My question was who is “JINSA”?
The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) is dedicated to educating Congressional, military and civilian national security decision-makers on American defense and strategic interests, primarily in the Middle East, the cornerstone of which is a robust U.S.-Israeli security cooperation. JINSA believes that a strong American military and national security posture is the best guarantor of peace and the survival of our values and civilization.
He is probably also being paid by one or more defense contractors.
Generals/admirals who seek to cash in in this way are despicable. I saw a lot of this in my time in DC, routine corruption.