Austin "disappeared", there are 3 major mysteries, who ordered the Middle East **? What should I do if China and Russia call?Recently, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mysteriously "disappeared" and was not heard from for several days. Surprisingly, he was not on a business trip or attending a conference during this period, but was admitted to the hospital without informing the White House. The incident quickly caused an uproar around the world. However, Biden did not intend to remove him from office, but frankly said that he did not care about the matter. However, under the rough waves, the situation is still confusing. The U.S. media published an article that deeply analyzed the key issues behind the incident.
On January 8, in an op-ed published by American Politics, the author analyzed in depth the three core mysteries in the mysterious disappearance of Austin:
First, the unexplained blank period. Austin reportedly claimed to have been admitted to the hospital on Jan. 1**. However, Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he learned about Austin's illness the next day. However, Chief of Staff Kelly Magsaman did not disclose the information to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Adviser Sullivan until January 4. That is, until this time, Biden, as the supreme commander of the US Armed Forces, did not know that his defense secretary was actually unable to work for several days.
If we count from the second day of Austin's hospitalization, there is a two-day blank period in the US defense system, and the US media think that this is really incomprehensible, and the United States, which claims to have the most perfect system, actually has such a bizarre and strange thing.
Secondly, about the Austin team's approach to this matter. Interestingly, if Brown and Mag Saman already knew, why didn't they inform anyone else about this information in the past two days? The Pentagon's explanation for this is that Mag Saman failed to report in time, mainly because she was also sick. However, she does not appear to have been affected much, and her deputy and other team members are reportedly still carrying out their duties as normal. In addition, according to **, she has been hailed as a "workaholic" in the Department of Defense, claiming to be able to reply to emails at any time.
So, if Chief of Staff Mag Samandi is too ill to work, he should at least notify Austin's senior aides or send a warning text message through the deputy chief of staff. All kinds of anomalies show that this matter is not simple, so what secrets are hidden in it?
The final mystery, how exactly did Deputy Secretary of Defense Hicks give the order during the power gap? On January 4, the United States launched a deadly strike in Iraq against pro-Iranian Shiite militants. The U.S. Department of Defense claimed that the operation was approved in December 2023. The outside world can't help but wonder whether Hicks actually played the role of defense minister in this attack, which is very likely to trigger a new round of war in the Middle East. Did she make the final decision to approve the operation? If she was calling the shots on the beaches of Puerto Rico, who would be responsible if the strike triggered massive retaliation against U.S. military sites?
Based on the analysis of the United States**, as well as the news from multiple information channels, we can draw several more intuitive conclusions, which are only for your reference for further in-depth analysis.
First of all, it is not difficult to find that this matter is a confused account from beginning to end, and not only can outsiders not understand the mysterious operation of the US military bureaucracy, but even the White House has doubts about the efficiency and reliability of the Pentagon's operation. There are too many mistakes and entanglements of interests in this, and it may even involve Austin himself's so-called "privacy issues", if it is finally confirmed to be related to the recent Epstein "Lori Island" incident, it can really be regarded as a shocking melon exposed by the US Department of Defense.
Second, through this incident, the outside world has clearly felt that the operational efficiency of the US political system is far less efficient and reliable than what they advertise. Austin left his post for two days as secretary of defense, and Biden actually intended to act as if none of this had happened. Such a perfunctory attitude may not satisfy all sectors of American society, but they have almost no other way than to vent their anger on social **. And it doesn't seem like the White House and the Pentagon are going to make any changes.
The most interesting thing is that after the Austin "missing door" incident, the Republican congressmen in the United States actually thought of China and Russia at this time, claiming that if China and Russia launched nuclear ** to the United States at this time, the United States would not be able to respond within the 15-minute validity period.
In the face of this situation, we have to sigh, it is really a bad luck to drink cold water and stuff our teeth, the United States, a seemingly powerful country, is really dying, all kinds of bizarre and bizarre events emerge in an endless stream, there may be more unbelievable things to happen in the future, from time to time to challenge our nerves, so let's prepare a small bench and wait and see.