Ed... you are simply adorable when you get riled up over things you don't understand.
Ed Oscuro wrote:I didn't find a breakdown by rank but he is not damn likely to make up his losses amongst officers by enlisted personnel. In the US Army, the ratio of enlisted to officers is about 4:1, meaning that in the Army, even if every officer did not approve of Trump, you still have to try and hand-wave away over half of the responses not approving of Trump.
He still has overwhelming support from, again, the people who actually do the work. The boots on the ground, so to speak. The vast majority of people in the military rarely deploy, if ever. In case you're wondering, I deployed four times in six years of service, which is more than some career deployment dodgers will see in twenty.
And it was clear from the article that Mattis was incredibly popular in the military, so your argument that Trump pushing out the last of "my generals" didn't matter is completely unfounded on anything other than your own "fantasies."
I never said anything about "your generals". You're still beyond delusional if you think the productive sector of the military isn't the one that likes Trump the most.
Your argument that officers don't work and just "kiss ass for promotions" is just disgusting. Who do you think leads soldiers in the field? You're the only one showing disdain here.
I really don't know where to even start with this one. You're insinuating that I'm the one that doesn't know how the military works, for starters. And you think I'm showing disdain for officers lol. Some of the absolute best people in the military are officers, but also so are some of the absolute worst. I'm pretty sure I could guess the demographics of officers that do and don't support Trump, and again, the results would not align with your facile view of a military equally divided on the matter. In terms of numbers, perhaps, but in terms of ability and rank... not so much.
Btw, how's your Trump Furlough going? Trump views y'all as Democrats who don't deserve a dime.
The military always gets paid, one way or another. Usually Congress approves it right before a shutdown but sometimes that doesn't happen and the military banks pick up the slack.
In any case, I'm done with my time in the service, so I'm in a better position to speak on some things now. Not that most of the people posting in this thread would understand it, but who knows, maybe someone out there is still reading this thread that appreciates the perspective.