GOP Rep. Michael McCaul calls Tommy Tuberville’s military promotions blockade a 'national security problem'

[Next Day Err]

GOP Rep. Michael McCaul slams Tommy Tuberville’s military blockade as a 'national security problem'

The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Sunday condemned Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ongoing hold on hundreds of military promotions, calling it a “paralyzing” move that amounts to a “national security problem.”

“The idea that one man in the Senate can hold this up for months — I understand maybe promotions, but nominations? — is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think that is a national security problem and a national security issue.”

Tuberville, R-Ala., who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has blocked hundreds of military promotions for months over his objection to a Defense Department policy that provides paid time off and reimburses travel costs for service members and dependents seeking abortions.

The Defense Department’s policy on abortion has drawn heated debate among congressional lawmakers and has become a major part of negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass defense policy bill. The GOP-led House passed its version of the legislation after it added an amendment that would force the Pentagon to rescind the policy.

The Democratic-led Senate, however, passed its own version of the NDAA in July after it bypassed floor votes on amendments related to abortion access and transgender health care in the military.

McCaul said Sunday that he wishes Tuberville would reconsider the hold on military promotions, adding that the abortion issue is being worked out in the NDAA.

Thoughts?

 

[newolddude]

Tommy Tuberville: “We can’t have sailors writing poetry on aircraft carriers.”

General George S. Patton wrote and recited an entire 30 stanza poem to kick off his victorious North Africa campaign in WW II.

 

[newolddude]

Here's some of Patton's poetry. Be careful not to read too much of it as it will make you gay or trans.

General George S Patton Jnr - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry

Poems by General George S Patton Jnr. Francis Ford Cuppola's film, Patton, has helped to promote an on-going interest in the life and contributions of General George Smith Patton,Jr. Patton became one of the most distinguished generals to

allpoetry.com

 

[Babagounj]

An M4 Sherman tank is the main fixture in a public park named after General George S. Patton, who lived in Hamilton, MA with his wife.
The Tank's hatches were sealed after incendiary vandalism in the 1960s.
Namely pouring gasoline into the tank's turret and lighting it up.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Thoughts?

The military shouldn't be involved with abortions.

What are your thoughts Austin?

 

[oldngray]

An M4 Sherman tank is the main fixture in a public park named after General George S. Patton, who lived in Hamilton, MA with his wife.
The Tank's hatches were sealed after incendiary vandalism in the 1960s.
Namely pouring gasoline into the tank's turret and lighting it up.

Ronson lighter

 

[Babagounj]

Ronson lighter

Exactly.

 

[Next Day Err]

The military shouldn't be involved with abortions.

What are your thoughts Austin?

Healthcare for soldiers and sailors doesn’t increase combat readiness?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Healthcare for soldiers and sailors doesn’t increase combat readiness?

Choosing to kill your baby isn't healthcare.

Whether or not you realize that is irrelevant.

The Hyde amendment is law.

 

[Next Day Err]

Choosing to kill your baby isn't healthcare.

Whether or not you realize that is irrelevant.

The Hyde amendment is law.

So if a married soldier is having serious complications and decides to terminate her pregnancy and could either save her life or health so she can return to military life isn’t that better for national security?

Also is it any of your damn business what a woman does with her own body and health

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Choosing to kill your baby isn't healthcare.

Whether or not you realize that is irrelevant.

The Hyde amendment is law.

So if a married soldier is having serious complications and decides to terminate her pregnancy and could either save her life or health so she can return to military life isn’t that better for national security?

So in your mind, the military will only be paying for it when it's to save the life of the mother of the baby being killed?

You know that's not true, right?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Also is it any of your damn business what a woman does with her own body and health

I don't care what she does with her body, I care what she does with the body of the innocent child she wants to kill.

You really don't understand why it's society's "business" to protect the lives of innocent children who can't protect themselves?

How bout basic human decency.
SMH.

 

[Next Day Err]

So in your mind, the military will only be paying for it when it's to save the life of the mother of the baby being killed?

You know that's not true, right?

Never said that. I laid out an example and you’re avoiding engaging in further conversation. We’re done talking about that, I suppose. Pretty typical.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Leftism is a religious cult.
Child sacrifice is a sacrament.
They can't defend it when you point out simple realities. Take their ball and go home. Lol.

 

[Next Day Err]

Leftism is a religious cult.
Child sacrifice is a sacrament.
They can't defend it when you point out simple realities. Take their ball and go home. Lol.

A married woman who wants her baby but won’t have a live baby or the pregnancy is risking her life shouldn’t be able to get healthcare to terminate her pregnancy?

Answer the question.

 

[Next Day Err]

Leftism is a religious cult.
Child sacrifice is a sacrament.
They can't defend it when you point out simple realities. Take their ball and go home. Lol.

Righties always pretended to be hands-off. It was always a lie.

Righties stick their noses in places that aren’t their business. They are ninnies. Always looking to boss people around. It’s pathetic.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

A married woman who wants her baby but won’t have a live baby or the pregnancy is risking her life shouldn’t be able to get healthcare to terminate her pregnancy?

Answer the question.

That's not what this thread is about.

You started a thread about military violation of the Hyde amendment, now you're deflecting to a generic discussion about the morality of abortion.

There's already a thread for that.
It's titled abortion.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Righties always pretended to be hands-off. It was always a lie.

Righties stick their noses in places that aren’t their business. They are ninnies. Always looking to boss people around. It’s pathetic.

Yes we're authoritarian because we don't want you lefties to keep abusing and killing children. Brilliant.

 

[Next Day Err]

That's not what this thread is about.

You started a thread about military violation of the Hyde amendment, now you're deflecting to a generic discussion about the morality of abortion.

There's already a thread for that.
It's titled abortion.

The military policy to aide a woman seeking reproductive healthcare only covers the cost of travel, not the procedure itself.

Your argument is specious.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

The military policy to aide a woman seeking reproductive healthcare only covers the cost of travel, not the procedure itself.

A distinction without a difference.
Your argument is specious.
Tubberville is right to argue this issue.