The Man Who Counts, XIV.
Captain Delp "...had no respect for T'heonax but positive reverence for the office..." (p. 232)
T'heonax has just inherited the office of admiral. We understand the distinction between the man and the office. When President Trump attended a memorial service, what mattered was not that Donald Trump was present but the President of the United States was present.
However, T'heonax proceeds to utter an absurdity:
"'Captain, it is treason to hint that the admiral is a...is not fully competent.'" (p. 235)
About to explain why the admiral need not fear attack, Delp is interrupted and ordered either to apologize or to leave. (Fear/cowardice would constitute incompetence.) T'heonax is indeed proving himself to be incompetent.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Exactly, which is why, for example, Flandry continued to serve even the abominable Josip. The office was greater than its current, unworthy holder.
And the late Admniral, Theeonax's father, would never have behaved as we see his son doing. A wise leader overlooks small gaucheries of the kind Delp made.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Superman had to put up with President Lex Luthor! Also with Clark Kent's childhood friend, Pete Ross, as Luthor's Vice-President.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
And in a few more days we are getting stuck with "Josip" and his extreme left VP, Kamala Harris.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Well, yes. But EXTREME left? And I can't help thinking that you're better off without Trump's divisiveness.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Yes, Harris belongs to the extreme left of the Democrats. And I don't trust her.
Was Pres. Trump "disvive"? Maybe, but I put a LOT of the blame for that on the Democrats. They have been so consumed with rage and hate for Trump since November 2016 that they have REFUSED to accept him as President and behave like a normal Loyal Opposition. They spent years pushing the fraudulent Steele Dossier that Hillary Clinton payed for as proof Trump was a creature of Dictator Putin of Russia. Their irrational and outright deranged opposition to Trump fed into and inflamed his own worst instincts.
Ad astra! Sean
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