The leaders of three branches of the U.S. military slammed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) over his monthslong blockade of senior military promotions Tuesday, with one accusing the Republican senator of “aiding and abetting communists.”
“For someone who was born in a communist country, I would have never imagined that actually one of our own senators would actually be aiding and abetting communists and other autocratic regimes around the world,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro — a Cuban-born Navy veteran — said Tuesday during an interview on CNN alongside Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.
“This is having a real negative impact and will continue to have a real negative impact on our combat readiness,” Del Toro added.
“Communism” is a leftover, inaccurate descriptor to say “Russia, China and North Korea.” While inaccurate, the shorthand still works.
And Russia is being an aggressor. So… if we accept the inaccuracy so the General can get a better soundbite, he’s got a point.
Then the caught-on-an-inaccuracy-but-losing-the-big-picture response… that caught downvotes. Because it lost the bigger picture.
Or would rather Russia win, as later responses may have implied.