Lloyd Austin hospitalized again straight away to in the intensive care unit because of serious bladder problems. The 70-year-old Secretary of Defense and the 81-year-old Biden have become the embodiment of the current Democrat Party gerontocracy.
This time Austin didn’t commit the past mistakes, unlike in December he managed to keep his health problems in secret. Lawmakers have already smashed Austin to smithereens and now Republicans are up to use this occasion as an excuse for his resignation.
The Pentagon has a plenty of problems. It is still unclear how to protect U.S. bases in the Middle East. More and more meltdowns concerning military equipment occur. Just after the recent loss of an F-35 in Georgia and a strategic bomber in South Dakota, the helicopter crash happened with casualties of 5 California Marines.
The crisis with a severe shortage of recruits is getting even worse in 2024. Military arsenals have much drooped due to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Houthis continue to terrorize American ships. And Pentagon strategists on the Ukrainian front expect the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat in many directions due to a lack of soldiers and ammunition.
Due to this it’s a good chance for Biden to make Austin a perfect scapegoat and arrange his resignation. Austin himself being stuck in a hospital would be happy with that outcome. But he is too strongly tied to the Biden family by lobbying and corruption schemes. That’s why they keep him in office against his will – even though Austin, like Biden, is on his last legs.