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Obama to pick first female four-star commander
Politico ^ | March 18, 2016 | Austin Wright and Connor O'Brien

Posted on 03/18/2016 8:11:34 AM PDT by C19fan

President Barack Obama plans to nominate Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson to be the head of U.S. Northern Command — which would make her the first female combatant commander, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Friday. Robinson is now the head of Pacific Air Forces. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Adm. Bill Gortney, who’s been in the post since 2014.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: air; carpetmuncher; dyke; gender; lesbian; lesbo; military
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To: dfwgator

These are the Defense Ministers for the following NATO countries....Italy’,Albania, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway.

No wonder Putin is laughing.


There is a picture of the Russian Defense Minister and he looks like a bear on the prowl. Tough looking man.


21 posted on 03/18/2016 8:35:03 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: C19fan

Girls just wanna have fun.


22 posted on 03/18/2016 8:35:09 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: laplata

Yep. We are so screwed.


23 posted on 03/18/2016 8:35:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LostPassword
And what I’ve read about Trump going back to the 80’s it sounds like he’s put women in high positions and enabled them to succeed and get respect (without doing the job for them as a show)

Which of course is anathema to the Social Justice Warriors, who don't want the 'patient to get well.' Which is why they really, really hate Trump.

24 posted on 03/18/2016 8:37:01 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: manc

Which ones would those be?


25 posted on 03/18/2016 8:37:28 AM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: dfwgator

It’s disgusting.


26 posted on 03/18/2016 8:40:39 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: C19fan

Let me guess...another obama butt-kisser.

Good that he reaches across the isle so much. /s


27 posted on 03/18/2016 8:41:04 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: LostPassword
You’re probably right since it’s government.

More because it's FR. There is a core of individuals around here who can't accept that a woman might rise on merit.

28 posted on 03/18/2016 9:00:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

In 1939 Russia attempted to invade Finland and initially suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of much smaller and less-equipped Finnish forces. It took them three months to finally prevail.

Many believe that this was due to Stalin’s 1937 Great Purge of the Russian military. Thousands of experienced officers were replaced with political operatives and clueless hacks loyal to Stalin.

Somehow this comes to mind every time I hear about Obama replacing a high-level officer for some petty offense and installing some “protected class” member in their place.


29 posted on 03/18/2016 9:04:55 AM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: golux

There no 5 stars anywhere in the US...


30 posted on 03/18/2016 9:05:12 AM PDT by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
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To: golux

Actually there zero five-stars in the US military and the rank was retired after Omar Bradly died.


31 posted on 03/18/2016 9:05:37 AM PDT by stormer
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To: Junk Silver

I have a feeling if things continue the way they are the PRC will kick our ares.


32 posted on 03/18/2016 9:05:54 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: DoodleDawg
More because it's FR. There is a core of individuals around here who can't accept that a woman might rise on merit.

... or a black. But, when affirmative action biases the promotion, one doesn't know how much is merit and how much is action, and there's a predisposition to doubt.

33 posted on 03/18/2016 9:14:21 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Don Corleone

Not sure why you put command in quotes, but currently she’s in charge of the AF in all of the Pacific which includes Alaska, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and Guam.


34 posted on 03/18/2016 9:15:42 AM PDT by stormer
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To: C19fan

Why? Most qualified? Affirmative action? Political correctness? Men and women are the same - no differences?
Or Obama is the smartest man alive and knows what is best?


35 posted on 03/18/2016 9:18:19 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: C19fan
General Robinson
36 posted on 03/18/2016 9:19:54 AM PDT by SC DOC
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To: Junk Silver

Or when Hitler thought “National Socialists” would do a better job than his old-school Prussian Generals with the “vons” in their names.


37 posted on 03/18/2016 9:20:33 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LostPassword
Quotas, or whatever you want to call them, hurt the top individuals in the group you are trying to advance since they don’t get credit they deserve.

That is, has been and always will be the case. the short-sighted do-gooders that make this stuff the law of the land either don't understand this, or don't give a damn.

I will never forget what my father, a doctor, told me at the time of the Bakke decision (when I was about 17):

"This decision is very bad news for this country. It means that a lot of people who are not the best will be entering medical school because of the color of their skin, not their abilities. The schools will not dare flunk them - so these people will become doctors. On the other hand, there will be a lot of extremely talented minority students who become doctors, they will be among the best - but you will never know which of them are good or bad. So, if you find a minority doctor who is 10 or more years older than you, he or she will have gotten in purely on merit, and DESPITE prejudice - pick them if you want to, they'll be good at what they do. But for those that are younger, you will have no idea if they are good or not - so avoid them. I hate to say this, but pick the white doctor, particularly the white male doctor - he definitely got in to med school because he deserved to be there. THIS is what those liberal idiots have done to this country, and to the minorities that they claim to try to be helping."

As you can see, I've never forgotten what he said. Regrettably, the minority doctors who got into med school before Bakke are retired or soon to be retired. I am forced, as a matter of self-preservation, to be prejudiced in how I pick a doctor for myself and my family. THAT is the legacy of "affirmative action" - MORE prejudice, not less. THAT is the legacy of government interference in normal commerce. It is sickening to me - I really couldn't give a rat's ass what color or background someone has when I pick a doctor or someone else to perform services for me, I just want the best. My own grandfather was subjected to a lot of prejudice (we're Jewish), and could not get into med school anywhere except at the University of Maryland - and he was his high school's valedictorian and did extremely well in college and on his med school entrance exam (called the MCAT today). Well, he was a superb doctor - because to get in he had to be MUCH better than his non-Jewish classmates. FYI, he studied for and passed the Florida medical boards at age 70 - 44 years after graduating med school. He was STILL smarter than a lot of the med school students, even then. So, with that as part of my family's background, I HATE to be prejudiced...but the libs forced me to be, with their empty-headed utopianism.

38 posted on 03/18/2016 9:25:58 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: C19fan

Not a pilot, and no combat experience. She’s perfect to run the air force in the entire Pacific.


39 posted on 03/18/2016 9:45:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
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To: BlueNgold; golux

“There no 5 stars anywhere in the US...”


Well, there are - its just that they’re dead. The last surviving 5-star was Omar Bradley, who died when I was in college about 35 years ago.

You’ll have to wait for another world war to get a 5-star, and I don’t know if Congress will have time to approve the nomination before most cities are reduced to radioactive slag.


40 posted on 03/18/2016 9:45:37 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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