Trump as Commander-in-Chief is Really
“Commander-Outta-Control”
Trump's decision to raid military construction projects to pay for a
wall along the southern border will leave one base, for example, that houses
tactical nuclear weapons and roughly 100 miles from Syria “is vulnerable to
hostile penetration.” (Says an Air Force report)
Specifics: At Incirlik, Turkey (the example above)
their main gate according to an Air Force study commissioned to analyze the
effect of the 51 military projects the White House decided would lose funding,
says in part: “Is degrading and not
properly configured to provide protection for pedestrian and vehicle passage.”
The report that NBC obtained cites this
and conclusion: “The higher threat environment at the base
since U.S. operations against the Islamic State group began in neighboring Syria.
If not funded, the main gain remains vulnerable to hostile penetration in the
midst of contingency operations and an increased terrorist threat.”
Other projects at risk include:
1. A new facility to store munitions at
Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, which forces in the Pacific rely for weapons for
training and potentially for war.
2. Facilities in Germany, Great Britain,
Hungary, Luxembourg, and Slovakia which need upgrades to support new NATO
operations designed to deter Russia.
3. A boiler system at Eilsen Air Force
Base, AK which generates all of the facility's power and steam and which could
force a base-wide evacuation if it fails – which the report says “… is
imminent.”
NBC says the
USAF submitted the report months ago to DoD but only found out about the
projects that would be affected when the decision to move the funds became
public.
Pentagon
officials incrementally revealed their plans to redirect funds at the direction
of the White House over a series of days earlier this month, saying the
affected projects either weren't urgent or could be re-funded by Congress
before construction was supposed to begin.
The administration has also suggested that foreign
governments could pick up the tab for projects that support U.S. operations in
their countries. (Call that wishful, crazy-ass thinking on a giant scale).
Impact: Opponents of the Trump move now
serving in Congress say they will not appropriate funds for the projects twice.
My 2 cents: I ask this simple yet ironic
question: Does this action by Trump please Putin and other nasty bastards who
want to see the U.S. posture and forces in those regions somehow degraded and ineffective?
–
A simple yes or no will not suffice, Mr. Trump, not one bit.
Stay tuned –this isn’t over yet for sure.
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