Solving Problems by Adding More Lieutenants: The Army Way

This week, Francis and Nate discuss two new military-related stories that will likely bring comically unintended consequences.

First, the Army intends to assign lieutenants to basic training units as platoon leaders. Which lieutenants? Well, all of them: pre-basic-course, post-basic-course, and post-platoon-leader, all of which sounds like a good (read: bad) idea. That story is available here: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/08/lieutenants-appearing-soon-at-an-army-basic-training-platoon-near-you/?fbclid=IwAR3oEt4jmjIkssuwfVYsfB9BXDJ7GiS2pbNVgWRvQoH3v1_Q6Wzvz7hewzA

Next, a discussion on President Trump’s plan to tax our allies by making them pay more to host US military bases, a decision that most certainly will not cause more bases to close. Anti-imperialist Trump strikes again, by accident, because he’s a big, wet idiot. That story is available here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/09/politics/trump-admin-us-bases-more-money/index.html?fbclid=IwAR00jtezVoWr6nz51h5WtcTBbro33MdaP-VA-kkn4s28NMM-MsQGHExmAxg

For this week’s bonus, Francis and Cynthia discuss the Lion King, live-action remakes of Disney movies, and much more — to include a surprise defense of Scar. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scar-was-right-25302399

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