by Stephen Kruiser
As we were all trying to mentally and emotionally prepare ourselves for 2024, I wrote many times that this year is going to be a weird one. It appears that the nondescript entity in charge of annual weirdness levels thought that I was making a request.
We’re only a week in, and 2024 could already use some heavy sedation.
There are a lot of strange things that I could have come up with in my rather fertile imagination that might set the tone for this year, but having the Secretary of Defense win a game of hide-and-seek with the President of the United States is out there even for me.
Lately, whenever I emerge from my weekend news hiatus, it feels like the world is in prank mode. There’s a lot of triple-checking to make sure that all of the news isn’t merely AI-generated satire. When I first read the Lloyd Austin news I thought, “Come on, the Secretary of Defense can’t just go AWOL.”
I’d temporarily forgotten that we live in Dumb Biden Times.
The truth that has been coming out over the course of the day suggests something far, far worse. According to the latest reports, not even the White House knew about Austin’s hospitalization.
“Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it,” the Associated Press reported. “The Pentagon did not inform the White House National Security Council or top adviser Jake Sullivan of Austin’s hospitalization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, until Thursday, according to two administration officials.”
That’s bad. Really bad. And it gets worse.
A source familiar with the situation told CNN that not even Joe Biden knew.
To be fair, there are no doubt a lot of things that Joe Biden doesn’t know. His mental clearance sale has been on display ever since the 2020 campaign. Still, the people around him like to make it seem as if he is firing on all cylinders and in charge. It’s bad theater that has had disastrous consequences for the Republic, but they keep the make-believe going.
This already would have been uber sketchy had the relevant people in the administration known about Austin’s hospitalization and kept it from the press. Now it seems as if our HISTORIC FIRST SecDef is really hiding something.
Austin doesn’t have many admirers here on the right, of course. We’ve been lamenting the woke rot that he champions for quite some time now. One would think that a guy with that many detractors wouldn’t want to prove that nobody would miss him, which is exactly what he did last week.
My colleague Karen Townsend over at HotAir raises a couple of important questions:
Lloyd Austin is a big deal in the Biden administration. Biden nominated him as the first black defense secretary in 2021. We know how important it is that boxes are ticked when someone is nominated to serve in this administration. Why are they hiding his medical challenge now? We don’t need to know all the details of his personal medical records but shouldn’t someone clarify what the elective surgery was and what the complications are that he is experiencing now?
Maybe he was having a procedure to have his pronouns changed.
The “elective surgery” angle would have piqued far less interest had it simply been mentioned in the DoD press release. In fact, it may not have piqued any interest at all if the story had been handled properly.
Donald Trump was taken to task a lot for the turmoil in his administration. Team Trump never misplaced an entire Cabinet member for four days though.
Austin should have been fired three days ago. In addition, there should be a dozen more firings of those who knew he was awol.
Our National Security was in serious danger given the CIC himself in mentality compromised.
And they say America first patriots are the threat.
Yet another flub from this secretive Biden administration. Everything they insinuate Trump is going to do when he is elected is what they themselves are doing already. Trump has a proven track record while he was POTUS.
Is it possible that no serious incident arises before we can rid ourselves of the illegitimate and incompetent biden Regime? Embarrassing and laughable but at the same time tragic and frightening. Only President Trump can save America from the damage they have wrought.
In fact, there isn’t a single one of this regime that should be retained.
In the contrary, they should be prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for the remainder of their putrid lives.
No big deal DEI hire nobody missed.
Of course not. Austin’s incompetence is useful to Biden.
Is it because he’s black? Because it sure isn’t that he is capable and has been doing a good job.
Hospitalized does not mean mentally incapacitated or incommunicado, Donnie.
I’m surprised you even mention “the catastrophic surrender in Afghanistan”, since you arranged it.
Fully Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden disaster. 100%, just like everything else he touched.
Ever notice how members of this regime just collect their check and go along for the ride? No one seems to do anything but, of course, letting the nation decay and erode doesn’t require a lot of activity.
Buttplug, Mayorkas, Garland, Granholm, Austin… what do they do? They disappear for weeks and their departments spiral out of control. Yet, remember the outrage when DeSanits stepped out of the public eye for a short while when his wife was undergoing cancer treatment? Obviously, the left expects little or nothing out of leftists in government while they expect conservatives to be absolutely perfect.
Austin should be fired. He was AWOL.
Let’s face it, who’d look for this mutt in the veterinary clinic? He’s less qualified than Beatle Bailey; less warlike than Olive Oil; not as intelligent as Pluto the dog; has the loyalty of Chenny; the honor of Jessie Smollett; and treats his subordinates the same way he treats his ex wives.
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Technologies a $624 million contract to produce 1,300 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to replenish its stock after sending around 1,400 of the missile systems to Ukraine.
Ukrainian nationals within Zelensky’s country’s military ranks sell the same weapon for only $5,000.
Now, do the math.
American taxpayers pony up around $480,000 per each Stinger anti-aircraft missile then joe gives them to Zelensky for free.
Zelensky’s people then sell them on the black market to Islamic terrorists and make a cool $5,000 for each.
We need to get rid of all joe’s people inside our government.
Lloyd Austin included.
10% for the Big Guy is $500 each.
When I retired, I was a middle management manager. If I was leaving work for an extended time, I would need to clear it with my boss. If it was for an important medical procedure, it wouldn’t be a matter of permission, but one of assigning authorities and delegating duties. If I just dropped out of sight and left someone under me in charge… someone that already HAS a job… I would undoubtedly either be fired or demoted. That would indicate very poor managerial and operational ability.
Assuming it’s true that Austin went in for cancer treatment which caught his prostate cancer quickly, there is no problem with him not being there. Why he couldn’t have a competent subordinate in charge in his absence is unconscionable. It’s beyond ridiculous. It’s absurd. I don’t know how many military people any of you have met, ALL those I have met have a sense of duty, chain of command and duty and would NEVER think they could just drop out of duty and it would be OK.
This is the most incompetent excuse for a ruling regime anyone has ever seen. I HAVE seen management like this, composed of people who reach a level of authority, they feel they no longer have to work, just play around and draw a check. That’s what we are dealing with. Useless people. Austin should be fired, as well as his deputy.
but one of assigning authorities and delegating duties. If I just dropped out of sight and left someone under me in charge… someone that already HAS a job…
She was wait for this, out of the country on vacation.
Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, assumed the top role on Tuesday, Jan. 2, a not unusual transfer of power that sometimes occurs purely for operational reasons. She did not learn of Austin’s hospitalization until that Thursday, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly. Hicks was on vacation in Puerto Rico at the time.
Austin’s original hospital stay was for emergency surgery. If the Deputy has to take over, she can cancel a f**king vacation. That’s what people in authority do. But, not in THIS regime. In this regime, no matter what is going on, “ME time” comes first.
I thought elective surgery, but any surgery can have complications and 2nd should have been aware and on standby.
Austin should be impeached.
I don’t think any of these people intentionally tried to do anything illegal or nefarious. They just don’t care about their jobs. They feel no sense of responsibility or accountability. That’s the Democrat mindset.
Oh no its all just putting time in until they retire on Pension or get fired for copping luggage.
“It’s just incompetence. What do you expect?”
This guy should have been fired by now. Shows us that biden is not a leader.