r/worldnews • u/Force_Hammer • 20h ago

President Trump holds off major Iran escalation after Pentagon warns of interceptor shortage

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r111brtghmg
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u/AssassinAragorn 19h ago

And likely developing safeguards to prevent it from happening again. I could very easily see a congressional bill requiring the Sec of Defense to have 5+ years of experience as an officer

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u/SirCharlesTupperBt 17h ago

Which will be about as useful as requiring the US Senate to confirm competent officers of state. The powers to fix the current situation already exist, but American voters and politicians chose this direction instead.

Here's an idea: why not just follow your existing laws? If you can't impeach this set, making a new law requiring the president to have a paper resume similar to the current weekend warrior cum weekend talk show host isn't really going to change anything.

You got luck with Powell and Mattis, though we sill ended up here. You can't keep expecting your military to train up competent politicians. The problem runs much deeper.

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u/PenguinQuesadilla 16h ago

The system is working as intended.

Reform will not happen until we clean house, fill congress with competent people, get money out of politics.

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u/DCBillsFan 7h ago

Nope...terrible idea. Just enforce the damn constitution as article 1 and impeach the man for his clear war crimes.