saxitoxin wrote:Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina are responding on Sunday to a mishap involving a missing F-35B Lightning II jet from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
The pilot ejected safely into a North Charleston neighborhood and was transferred to a local medical center in stable condition. Emergency response teams are still trying to locate the F-35, which apparently kept flying without the pilot.
https://mustreadalaska.com/report-f-35- ... eston-s-c/
THANKS, BIDEN.
Why “Thanks Biden”?
We don’t know the cause of the reported “mishap”… we don’t know if it was a malfunction or a pilot error, the two most likely causes. Though the plane may have struck a flock of birds or been attacked by aliens or Chinese Spy Balloons too I guess.
That said, in none of those scenarios would one put immediate and direct blame on the President.
(This is independent of who the President happens to be at the time or what Party he’s from.)
So why “Thanks Biden”.
Ultimately “the buck stops” at the desk of the Commander in Chief… but that doesn’t mean it’s his “fault”.
You can hold him accountable if/for…
*lack of transparency if the military fails to properly explain or disclose the cause.
*failure of leadership if he doesn’t find and address the cause within a reasonable time frame.
(Or more accurately if those who report to him don’t find and address the cause.)
*bad governance if the cause is related to design/build issues and he doesn’t hold the company(ies) involved accountable.
These are reasonable opinions after due time and consideration… but somehow blaming Biden moments after something like happens is ridiculous.
Also, why anyone finds an incident like this funny is beyond me. You’re talking about an $8 million dollar taxpayer loss and a potential risk of civilian life. Yeah… hilarious!
