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2020-06-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-
General (Retired) Vincent Brooks 'Dismay and Disappointment‐A Breach of Sacred Trust'
Short, revealing Excerpt:
[Harvard Kennedy Center] On my journey, there have been many episodes, painful to remember. In my youth as a military child, in my time at West Point, and in my military career, even during my time as an Army general, I was personally impacted by explicit and implicit bias, as was my father, as were my grandfathers and their fathers. And I observed injustices perpetrated against others, as so many are now witnessing, again, reminding me of the continuing work of becoming "a more perfect union." This part of American culture, this inherent bias, must go away for good.

Disappointment, because a sacred trust has been breached.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-09 01:30|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top

#1 "Many painful episodes"

Believable, unless of course you might have happened to serve with Vince Brooks, the most perfumed prince of perfumed princes. The virtual epitome of the 'made man.'
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-09 01:41||   2020-06-09 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Assignment for students. Write a short assay (2 - 2.5 pages) wherein the esteemed general justifies the use of USA military in USA by a democratic president.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-09 01:51||   2020-06-09 01:51|| Front Page Top

#3 It's the Christian concept of original sin repackaged. Except there is no repentance and no forgiveness. The sinners are to be purged and replaced.

It's a Maoist power grab.
Posted by Maggie Poodle6767 2020-06-09 03:34||   2020-06-09 03:34|| Front Page Top

#4 There are still seats available to flag officers in the club car. Simply show your Globalist-ticket or Never-Trump pass. Hurry lads, the train is leaving in less than 5 short months.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-09 06:09||   2020-06-09 06:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Is he bucking to have an Army base renamed after him?
Posted by Clem 2020-06-09 06:14||   2020-06-09 06:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, General Hooker had prostitutes named after him. Brooks may be going for something similar.
Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-09 11:48||   2020-06-09 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 The mere mention of his name among senior leaders was a 'WOKE virtue signal' long before the current WOKE mantra. It was the.... 'I too speak a little jive' card flip.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-09 13:22||   2020-06-09 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 As an African American man, the feelings of inadequate and unfulfilled justice that I have felt for too many years of my life come again to the fore.

Experienced bias in his career? And yet, somehow he got an appointment to West Point and rose to become a 4-star general.

Quite a few times in our history, our military has intervened in domestic situations, e.g. L.A. riots, and school integration in the South. The ultimate intervention occurred in the Civil War by Federal troops into the South.

Comes off sounding like just another "cloaked" attempt to get Trump.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-09 15:53||   2020-06-09 15:53|| Front Page Top

#9 ^It's sounds like another affirmative action beneficiary, promoted orders of magnitude beyond his (or hers) competence, who feels a victim of discrimination.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-09 16:05||   2020-06-09 16:05|| Front Page Top

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