And The Pussification of America Continues: 3 Star Army General Forced To Retire For Bullying
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has permitted a three-star Army general accused of bullying subordinates to retire without a demotion in rank, the Pentagon said Wednesday. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, said Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly was placed on the retirement rolls Tuesday. A Pentagon inspector general’s investigation last year found that O’Reilly regularly yelled and screamed at subordinates, often in public, demeaned and belittled employees and behaved in such a way as to result in the departure of at least six senior staffers from the Missile Defense Agency during his time as its director. Panetta determined that O’Reilly had met the basic standard for being allowed to retire without a loss in rank, which is that he “served satisfactorily” as a three-star.
Usually I lay it on pretty thick with my Pussification of America stories. I talk about how Putin is going to invade the US blah, blah, blah. Well this time I’m serious. Like it’s one thing when we have these pussification stories in high schools and colleges and shit, but in the US Military? A 3 star General being forced to retire for yelling at his subordinates in public? What planet am I on? Isn’t that what you do in the Military? I mean every single military movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life is just Generals screaming at the subordinates. That’s how you toughen em up. Bottomline is if you are in the military and you get your feelings hurt because somebody yells at you than you are in the wrong line of business and worse yet you are putting America at risk. Because trust me when Al Qaeda blows you up they don’t care if they hurt your feelings or not. This isn’t just a Pussification of America story. This is a National Security issue.
Liberals are ruining this country.
Colonel Jessup just rolled over in his cell
The only way the U.S. government can redeem itself on this one is by replacing this guy with R. Lee Ermey.
this is scary. how can i sit up here in america’s hat and feel safe if your military is going to start acting like this.
2013 and we STILL haven’t seen Renee’s tits?
Somewhere Sgt. Hulka weeps
Disagree. Can’t stand yellers. Yelling is a clear sign of retardation of (1) the yeller or (2) the yellee. If you must yell, there’s a 90% chance that you’re the source of the problem because you’re an ineffective leader and/or teacher. If it’s your subordinates are retarded, then just fire them. No yelling necessary. One way or the other, we don’t need retards in the military.
They are just looking for reasons to kick lifers out. Happens when you draw back forces, need to make room for new Generals, Lt Cols, Captains..so on and so forth.
Wow- first and prob only time I’ll agree with sweetchuck. The guy is clearly an asshole who would get fragged on the battlefield. Fuck him.
You yell at high school grads in boot camp to tough them up, not senior staff you retard. The whole point of yelling is to see if someone can handle the stresses of the battlefield so you stress them out in training. Yelling at senior officers in public is just being a grade A asshole. Glad he’s gone.
hey slut nuts. You’ll be fine up in Canada because no one cares about you guys anyways. I think if Canada declared war on someone in this day and age that the entire world would just laugh. Oh and by the way. For all you canadians who were talking shit about the World Juniors the other day, how do you feel now? stupid canucks
maxypad, for a guy who doesnt care you sure are on my nuts a lot. its known fact canada doesnt have a military because we are protected by yours. not too concerned about declaring war because i have no reason to overcompensate for anything. and yes, nice convincing win by the u.s this morning. tip of the hat to you.
I’m with carlsweetcheeks. There are these things called Professionalism and Honor in the U.S. Military and clearly this douche bag–even having spent 25+ years in the military–couldn’t figure it out. And yes I spent 20 years in the military.
typical ep being clueless
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you and went on your way…
This pussification worked great for a while like the Germans convinced the US dumping Patton for slapping a soldier was bullshit because it was so ridiculous but now enemies realize the US really is land of the pussies….as opposed to the land of pussy.
where does it say he was forced to retire even once? All the article says is that he wasn’t going to be demoted
when did I say I care? I just say you guys aren’t a real country.
The people of Iraq and Afghanistan should be up in arms over this!
Hey, I have no problem with anyone that “sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide.” Hell, we all pay to be the “Policeman of the World” and we know that’s a role we love having so whoever needs it, we will fund it!!! Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Japan, Canada… USA! USA! USA!
In the Marine Corps if you fuck up you get chewed out. It keeps you on point and always ready, always checking to make sure you are where you are supposed to be and doing what you are supposed to be doing. Knowing that anyone could be watching you at any minute keeps you on your toes and always ready for combat. I worked with the army in Afghanistan and they have a different mind set. Maybe this is the way they do it but I have no problem with him screaming at someone who fucked up. Making him retire would be a poor move by any branch.
That’s some scary shit. First we teach the kids to be pussies. Now it’s spreading to the military. Soon we will be forced to fight terrorism with hugs and Twinkies.
yes to worriedindc…and to the 6 liberals who disliked the comment jump off of a tall building