Hats off to Tommy T. !!

 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is claiming that the U.S. military is facing "unprecedented and unnecessary risk" from Senator Tommy Tuberville's hold on confirmations of general and flag officer promotions. 

Senator Tuberville placed the hold in February due to the Pentagon policy allowing people seeking abortions to take leave and receive travel allowances to go to other states to get abortions if they are based in a state, that does not allow them to get an abortion. 

He has offered to remove the hold if Austin will rescind or suspend the order. Austin has refused to do either. So, to be honest here, Austin could end this whole problem in a matter of minutes. Instead, as an appointed official, he has chosen to get into a pissing contest with a Senator from Alabama who was elected by the people of his state. Nobody elected Austin to office. He serves at the pleasure of a senile old liar. 

Traditionally, people at military bases obey the laws of the state where they are based. But killing the unborn is so critical to Democrats that Austin must make an exception. How long before the
"paid abortions and travel" benefit shows up in military recruiting ads? 

Has Congress voted on including the costs of these abortions in the military spending bills? If not, why not?

Maybe Austin could get the problem solved with a new piece of equipment. He could get some of those electric tactical vehicles that the military claims are their top priority and combine them with a mobile abortion unit. Problem solved? Or you could just station women only in states that allow abortions. But that would require defining "woman". That's not on the vocab test for liberals.

Lloyd, let me give you a pointer on politics. I have been to Alabama. Working with a leftist bitch like Elizabeth Warren to try and bully a Republican Senator and Auburn football coach probably won't work. Just call it a hunch. I wrongly assumed that a guy who operated at the top of the Army food chain would know that. WOW!! I was wrong.

It is still possible for all of these promotions to get approved even with Tuberville's hold. It will just take a lot more work than the Senate wants to do. That might push them to a 40-hour week. 

Last, but certainly not least, the military is not meeting their recruiting goals, even after lowering their standards. The need for more general officers is not nearly as large as the need for common soldiers, marines and sailors.