Prime's Worm Hole : The Navy turns on its own

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

The Navy turns on its own

Closer and interactive relation between US -Bangladesh Navy

Admirals and generals usually know which side their bread is buttered on; therefore, the revelations of Admiral Pybus the special warfare commander are not surprising. Neither is the time honored tradition of the Navy closing ranks and turning on its own to save face and placate Washington.

I haven't read this man's book yet but I will. I am betting that there aren't any national secrets revealed in the telling of his story, he knows better. There is only the unvarnished truth about the actual politics of what took place and the sentiments of those involved who carried out the mission that Barack Obama claimed credit for.

This book and its author isn't about breaking some time honored or cherished aspect of the chain of command. Chain of command is nothing more than the path that information, trust and respect travel. And yes, it must be a two way path or those in harms way garner an immediate disrespect for those above, particularly at the top. Respect is something earned, it is not something simply given and it is not demanded. And once that respect has been lost, it is all but impossible to regain.

The story of these SEALS and their mission to get Bin Ladin, in my opinion is one of across the board loss of respect for their commander in chief and ultimately their chain of command in the aftermath of their sacrifices. And as professional warriors who are called upon to shoulder the dangers that only special warfare warriors are called upon to bear, they (or at least some) want the American public to see and realize exactly who they have sitting in the white house calling the shots of life and death on these brave men.

Make of it what you will, but as for myself and many others, we took note immediately when a short time after the Bin Ladin raid, a Black Hawk helicopter loaded down with special forces SEALS and others was mysteriously and inexplicably shot down in Afghanistan. Killing thirty one special forces Americans of which seventeen just happened to be Navy SEALS of SEAL Team Six. The same team that had killed bin Laden. Weeks after the raid half of the team was killed. Do the math.

Call it coincidence if you like. I and many others don't believe in coincidences. Not on a scale like that. And this commander in chief and his secretary of state and his pentagon barely blinked an eye of inquiry as to how this could happen? In the aftermath, their complicit media immediately moved on to more interesting news and the scrutiny of what should have taken place by media never occurred.

And in the final analysis that is only now coming to light, the families of those honored dead received letters from this president that were identical copies except for the names of the warriors killed. To add insult to injury, the commander in chief's signature was done with an auto pen. Just one more example of this president's idea of a personal touch when it comes to tendering due respect to those he has called upon to sacrifice and die for his political aspirations.

So go ahead Navy, do what you always do. Do what you did to Captain Charles McVay and others who met with your displeasure. Regardless, there are those who know the truth and there are those who know what is right and wrong. They also know that wearing an admiral's. piping doesn't change one damn bit of the truth.

Semper Fidelis is more than just a motto admiral, look it up, then decide who you choose to be faithful to. Oh....right. You already have.

Real SEALs don't talk out of school

A top Navy commander joined other Pentagon brass in denouncing a former SEAL's book about the raid that killed Usama bin Laden, saying the tell-all broke a cherished tradition of respect for the chain of command.
The book, titled "No Easy Day," went on sale Tuesday. It contains blow-by-blow accounts of the raid on bin Laden's Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound, and discloses that many members of SEAL Team 6 were less than supportive of their commander-in-chief. In an open letter, Rear Admiral Sean Pybus, commander of the Navy Special Warfare Command, blasted the author for violating protocol and lamented other political forays by his fellow SEALs.
"In recent months, a number of people associated with Naval Special Warfare have violated this part of our Ethos," Pybus wrote. "As the Commander of NSW, I am disappointed, embarrassed and concerned. Most of us have always thought that the privilege of working with some of our Nation's toughest Warriors on challenging missions would be enough to be proud of, with no further compensation or celebrity required.
"Today, we find former SEALs headlining positions in a Presidential campaign; hawking details about a mission against Enemy Number 1; and generally selling other aspects of NSW training and operations," the letter continued. "For an Elite Force that should be humble and disciplined for life, we are certainly not appearing to be so. We owe our Chain of Command much better than this."

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Prime's Worm hole

This is a place for me to muse about the issues that affect our world. My world and my country and my life in particular. I can say what I want to here and those who may stumble across my musings, are welcome to comment,or not. America is under siege. Everything this nation has ever represented, is now being torn asunder and crushed by the onslaught of egalitarian socialism. All morals and social values have been devolved into the belief that systemic racism, is the only underlying cause or reason for any societal ills in America. And that representation, is nothing but a Trojan Horse argument. A means of getting the egalitarian camel's nose into the tent. And now that it has been inserted? There is mayhem and anarchy and burning and looting all across America. And the only questions that remains to be asked and answered? Are these. When is enough enough and when will the American people call full stop and take the law into their own hands, to repel this socialist based attack on the Constitution and our personal freedoms.

Thinking

It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then -- just to loosen up and be a part of the crowd.
Inevitably, though, one thought led to another and soon I was more than just a social thinker.

I began to think alone -- "to relax", I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true.
Thinking became more and more important to me and finally I was thinking all the time.

I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't help myself.

I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau, Muir, Confucius and Kafka. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?"

One day the boss called me in. He said, "Listen, I like you and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job."

"Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..."

"I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" "But Honey, surely it's not that serious." "It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver.

"You think as much as college professors and college professors don't make that much money, so if you keep on thinking, we won't have any money!"
She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama.

"I'm going to the library," I snarled
I headed for the library, in the mood for some John Locke. I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors.

They didn't open. The library was closed.

To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night.

Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Emerson, a poster caught my eye, "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked.

This is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.

I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting.

I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just seemed easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me.

Today I took the final step...I joined the Democratic Party

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If you are able,
save them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam

Captain Michael O'Donnell was lost in Cambodia on March 24 1970, while flying a UH1 rescue helicopter, trying to rescue an eight man LRRP team under attack in Cambodia. He was listed as MIA along with the eight he had attempted to rescue after his UH1 Huey was shot down by enemy fire. The official military report listed the eight as shot down 'non survivable' and 'non recoverable.'

Michael O'Donnell was submitted for the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions that day. He was awarded the Distinguished flying cross, the Bronze Star, The Air Medal and The Purple Heart and he was promoted to the rank of Major (posthumously).

In 1978 he was officially listed as KIA by the Department of Defense.

A little about the philosophy of the author

The Borg Conspiracy is one man's purely pedestrian thoughts, independent musings and frequently cheeky commentaries...Mixed with an abundance of patriotism, love of God, and love of country.

My thoughts?

In my opinion........in another generation, all that will remain of our once great republic, may be little more than what is left to weather the passage of time in the form of a few obscure and forgotten monuments to the great American experiment.

If America should fail....let it be written as her epitaph.....died by her own hand. The greatest experiment in freedom ever undertaken, lost in the end to the pursuit of the illusion that egalitarian tolerance was more valuable than individual freedom.

Let us be warned.
Franklin, Payne, Jefferson. They all knew the consequences of the lack of vigilance and they tried to warn us. They gave us a document as our guide post. We were to guard it and revere it and use it to guide and govern our future and our posterity.

No one listened.