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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

Mark, here's a sign that your posts (even brief ones like this) are really good: I come back to them days later. Here is a follow-up on Sec. Austin.

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3637155/austin-continues-recovery/

According to the official story:

1/1 Austin was admitted to Walter Reed's intensive care unit on the evening of Jan. 1, after experiencing severe pain following an elective medical procedure carried out at the same hospital on Dec. 22.

1/2 On Jan. 2, certain authorities were transferred to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Members of Austin and Hicks' staff were notified that the transfer of authority had occurred through normal email notification procedures.

1/3 The Russians claim that Jan 3, Austin was killed on the Ukraine.

1/4.1 On Jan. 4, Hicks is notified that Austin is hospitalized (by Austin's chief of staff). "Austin's chief of staff had been out sick with the flu, which caused the delay in notification." It's not like it's an important detail that Hicks is on or anything.

1/4.2 Once notified of the hospitalization, Hicks "immediately engaged on drafting a public statement and congressional outreach," alongside Austin's chief of staff.

1/4.3 Also on Jan 4, Austin leaves the intensive care unit.

1/5.1 January 5, Congress and the press are actually notified.

1/5.2 Austin resumed his full duties as secretary on the evening of Jan. 5.

The thing that makes the most sense is Austin leaving the service of his country on January 3, as the Russians say, and entering The Great Beyond on Jan 4. Otherwise, the Jan 2-4 gap makes absolutely no sense.

Austin's chief of staff was too sick with the flu to call Hicks and tell her that she is the acting secretary? Really? And Hicks was having too much fun on holiday to check her emails? Really?

We used to laugh at the Soviets for these levels of incompetency and/or bullshit. Now, it is us.

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Sarcastic Cynical Texan's avatar

The metastatic, bureaucratic DoD IS a total clown show and was destined to become such as soon as it was created post WW2. The separate War Department / Navy Department was a better organizational structure that should not have been changed. The creation of the USAF post WW2, and lately the utterly stupid Space Force are two other idiotic ideas. During my years with the Texas Air National Guard the mission of my unit was support of Army and Marine Corps grunts.

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

So I take it that it's not true he was injured in his last visit to Kiev from a missile attack.

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Its Just Me's avatar

Based on my tenure under Austin, I'd say the country was a little safer while he was out. Tongue half-firmly in cheek.

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Teri ORourke's avatar

Fully vaxxed and boosted, turbo cancer could be the problem as well. Sounds like this Biden regime is going rogue.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Ray McGovern was talking along those lines, too.

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Hal's avatar

If this is the case then let us pray for his rapid recovery. Austin knows about the balance of military power or lack there of. As an aside given the national debt and the fact that a long list of medical problems are more likely with a high BMI a focus on weight loss and general health is a good idea. If restraint fails and war comes there will be a lot less money for health care. Get into shape. Besides Nuland might need those Medicare recipients for the infantry.

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Hal's avatar

Did any of the elites get the experimental jab or was it just for the peasants to be experimented on? Make everyone around you get the jab so you do not have to?

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