US Strategic Command Drops the Ball, Literally
Some genius at US Strategic Command thought it would be funny to tweet a New Year’s greeting yesterday featuring the B-2 bomber that joked about dropping something “much much bigger” than the New Year’s Eve crystal ball in Times Square. That went over like a fart in a chapel, and the post was taken down, but not before it was snatched by some astute watchers. Here it is:
It has been said that “a suck for SAC is a blow for peace.” It has also been said that those zipper freaks require a checklist to use the men’s room. It’s also apparent that learnin’ ain’t their thing, as they’ve yet to learn “never put anything in writing that you don’t want the world to see.”
And, 101 other reasons why Dotard45 is an unfit pResident. The peaceful coexistence of the world and our military has always depended on the principle of civilian control of the military. The Dotard45 maladministration upended that principle with a dim hope that the generals would be the “adults in the room” to babysit the Toddler-in-Thief. That abject failure has been compounded due to Congress abdicating their role of checks and balances.
Here’s to January 3rd with Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats restoring principle(s) to government.
1Dated a few jet jockeys back in my way younger days. Have to agree with El JefE, Jane & PKM.
2Perhaps SAC’s PR staff was furloughed?
3maggie, you say “jet jockeys,” that would be us boys in the tactical fighters, not to be confused with the SAC overloads or the MAC trash haulers. But dayum, you make me regret my callow youth. If not for the age thing we might have flown together.
4That tweet was certainly in bad taste. My sister was recently at NORAD, and she described the facility (the part she saw) as quite professional.
But there is a certain, generally not on public display, gallows humor that makes itself apparent in parts of our vast middle defense system, such as this artwork on the entry/blast door at one Minuteman site:
Delivered in 30 Minutes or Less…
5https://hybriddiplomacy.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dominos-theory.jpeg
I thought, silly me, that world peace would depend on diplomacy, not rattling sabres.
6We used to live in the Seattle area. Boeing Field is immediately west of Interstate 5 in south Seattle. One day driving north on I-5 at the Field, a B-2 flew low and right overhead. It was creepy as hell.
Oh, and whoever posted that tweet should be fired.
7Hannah, you are right about the size of those B-52s.
8My brother worked for Boeing and he took me out there to Boeing Field where their Museum of Flight is located. Almost as good as the Smithsonian, with mockups of the space shuttle, actual drones which have wing span of at least 30 feet.
They also had the actual Air Force One which was used to bring back JFK’s body and where LBJ took the oath of office.
It was so cramped inside, it’s hard to imagine all those officials and their wives fit in. There was also a landing strip, where a B-52 came in right in front of us. Sorry to go off topic.