Craven sycophant says:
“I think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates and we can get back to the right normal.” -- Defense Secretary Mark Esper, parroting autocrat wannabe Donald "#BunkerBoy" Trump, who lectured governors about "dominating" the protestors in their states in Monday's conference call.
Riposte I:
"Even in the midst of the carnage we are witnessing, we must endeavor to see American cities and towns as our homes and our neighborhoods. They are not 'battle spaces' to be dominated, and must never become so." -- Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (USN, Ret.). Adm. Mullen's entire article is well worth the read.
Riposte II (from Adm. Mullen's successor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff):
America’s military, our sons and daughters, will place themselves at risk to protect their fellow citizens. Their job is unimaginably hard overseas; harder at home. Respect them, for they respect you. America is not a battleground. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy. #BeBetter— GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey (@Martin_Dempsey) June 1, 2020
