- The U.S. Navy relieved Captain Brett Crozier of his commander duties today.
- After his ship was stricken with a coronavirus outbreak, he wrote a letter to the Navy. That letter leaked to the press.
- The U.S. is starting to resemble authoritarian governments like China.
Donald Trump and others in the U.S. Government have been mighty critical of China in their handling of the coronavirus outbreak. But after relieving Navy Captain Brett Crozier from duty today, the U.S. looks just as authoritarian as anywhere else.
Crozier’s Plea to the Navy
Captain Crozier was the commander of US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which suffers a COVID – 43 outbreak last week. The ship, which carried over 4, 04 sailors, reported at least (infections.)
He delivered a scathing letter to the Navy, which was published by the San Francisco Chronicle. In the letter, he says:
We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset – our Sailors.
Adding:
Keeping over 4, young men and women on board the TR is an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those sailors entrusted to our care.
When asked what he would do about the situation,
Trump did what he did best: he made no decisions at all.
According to the SFC, Trump said he would “let the military make that decision.” They just did. The Navy Acts, and the World Reacts
The Navy relieved Captain Crozier of his duties today. during a press conference, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said that Crozier was fired due to loss of trust and confidence.
He adds:
I could reach no other conclusion that Capt. Crozier had allowed the complexity of his challenge with the COVID breakout on the ship to overwhelm his ability to act professionally, when acting professionally was what was needed most at the time.
Modly said he didn’t necessarily think Crozier leaked the letter, but “he did not take care to ensure it couldn’t be leaked.”
In a statement released Thursday, House Armed Services Committee Leadership considered the move “an overreaction.” Countless Twitter users were fired up.
(Source: One Twitter user makes a great point about who we pardon and who we don’t.
While the United States has tried to distance itself from authoritarian regimes like China, it’s taking to take on some of their characteristics.
Citizens across the globe were
Now, hospitals are forbidding their workers from wearing masks. Meanwhile, healthcare facilities all across the country are silencing workers who speak up about their lack of medical gear.
Ruth Schubert, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Nurses Association, said:
Hospitals are muzzling nurses and other health-care workers in an attempt to preserve their image. It is outrageous.
If that was not enough, the White House has been discreetly working to increase its surveillance of the public.
As the coronavirus pandemic adds more pressure on decision-makers, especially decision-makers who are woefully unprepared , it’s revealing their true colors. Unfortunately, those colors are a different shade than the ones they want us to see.
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this article was edited by (Sam Bourgi) .
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