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Lloyd Austin says tumultuous world ‘demands’ U.S. leadership
The Washington Times ^ | December 2, 2023 | Guy Taylor

Posted on 12/02/2023 9:36:43 PM PST by McGruff

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that the wars raging in the Middle East and Europe, coupled with increasingly brazen “bullying” by China, have underscored the need for robust U.S. leadership on the global stage.

“Only one country on Earth can provide the kind of leadership that this moment demands…and that’s the United States of America,” said Mr. Austin, who warned that global security crises will only worsen if Washington chooses isolation over engagement.

“We’re living through challenging times,” the Democrat-appointed defense secretary said in the keynote address at the 10th annual Reagan National Defense Forum — a bipartisan event well attended by devotees to the former Republican president’s “peace through strength” foreign and national security doctrine.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: failureship; fjb; leadership; lloydaustin; lol; middleeast; peterprinciple; war; warbyweakness; wars
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1 posted on 12/02/2023 9:36:43 PM PST by McGruff
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Lloyd Austin says tumultuous world ‘demands’ U.S. leadership

Cueing Lloyd Austin's cone of shame.

2 posted on 12/02/2023 9:39:07 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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Yeah, after causing said tumult due to lack of leadership.


3 posted on 12/02/2023 9:41:59 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: McGruff

The enemy is Socialism and Islam. If you got a leader pandering to either one than that leadership is the last thing you need.


4 posted on 12/02/2023 9:42:10 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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To: McGruff

Too bad. we have Democrats destroying our nation.
#1 rule for a first responder, if it isn’t safe for you, you cannot help any one, you will just add to the victim list of those needing help.


5 posted on 12/02/2023 9:43:58 PM PST by rellic
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Lloyd Austin cannot be serious.

We're in Wiemarica and have no leadership to offer anyone.

The globalists who've put their lackeys in U.S. political positions have used it to spread deviance and disease throughout the world.

6 posted on 12/02/2023 9:44:10 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: McGruff

one word....trump...he may not be the man people LIKE but he’s the man people NEED!


7 posted on 12/02/2023 9:45:31 PM PST by cherry
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To: McGruff

“Lloyd Austin” and “US leadership” are mutually exclusive.


8 posted on 12/02/2023 9:45:38 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: rellic

a.k.a.

“Don’t become part of the problem”.


9 posted on 12/02/2023 9:45:41 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: McGruff

FJB is leading the world straight to hell.


10 posted on 12/02/2023 9:45:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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you know, its embarrassing to be an American...the rats and their pub minions have screwed up our country and most of the world hates us....

I remember the days of watching Saturday morning cartons...Sky King, Roy Rogers, cowboys and indians.....Americans were always the good guys....

not anymore.....

11 posted on 12/02/2023 9:48:15 PM PST by cherry
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To: everyone

Meanwhile an army of illegals is invading our country.


12 posted on 12/02/2023 9:50:09 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: cherry

Most of the world hated us for decades. I’d rather be feared than “loved”, in that context.


13 posted on 12/02/2023 9:51:06 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: McGruff

Is this his way of announcing his resignation?


14 posted on 12/02/2023 9:53:54 PM PST by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s the real point. The only one.

The chaos is entirely due to this illegitimate, weak, incompetent adminstration.

These guys are like firemen who show up to a fire they started and shout “we’re here to help!”


15 posted on 12/02/2023 9:54:11 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: McGruff
Pass


16 posted on 12/02/2023 10:02:13 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: McGruff

Judging from the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle—$80B in military material, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, vehicles, crew-served weapons, ordnance, even K-9s abandoned to our mortal enemies—the best this military leadership can do for America, is as little as possible until we (hopefully) get through the last year of this never-ending nightmare without a cataclysmic event caused by their 3 stooges-tier ineptitude.


17 posted on 12/02/2023 10:12:59 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: McGruff

With the prior President the world had it and had peace and his SecDEF conspired to undermine the President at every turn in as duplicitous and, dare I say it, dishonorable manner possible. So all due respect, I don’t want the DOD telling us we need more war.


18 posted on 12/02/2023 10:13:11 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: McGruff

Well, they aren’t going to get any “U.S. leadership” from the U.S.


19 posted on 12/02/2023 10:30:55 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
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To: tumblindice

The military leadership under El Retardo is an absolute disgrace. They are all politically motivated, not for defending America but for climbing the rank ladder for themselves. They expend their energies trying to force our military personnel into faddish and ridiculous ideologies instead of molding an effective fighting force. They have driven potential recruits away with their ridiculous clownmanship. It’s a miracle we’ve survived these circus idiots so far.


20 posted on 12/02/2023 10:31:43 PM PST by EinNYC
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