Regarding the speeches delivered at Quantico yesterday my mind drifts to this scene from Battlestar Galactica.

Here’s some summary analysis of the speeches given by our President and Secy of War to assembled flag officers I found pretty chilling:

But if the generals were paying attention during minute 44 of the president’s speech Tuesday, they would have heard the fleeting but unmistakable sound of something new. Something different.

It was at that moment that the president recounted a conversation with his defense secretary: “I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, the president of the United States said.

On an almost daily basis, thousands of words pour forth from the president’s mouth. Sometimes, he tucks in a wild insight about the direction he is taking the country.

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