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Vindman says Ukrainians offered him defense minister position
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Posted on 11/19/2019 8:56:01 AM PST by gandalftb

GOP counsel Steve Castor’s questioning to Lt Col Alexander Vindman about whether he considered an offer to become Ukraine’s defense minister

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To: RummyChick

He didn’t He was in an IED blast and got a scratch. He is a pure REMF non warrior.


21 posted on 11/19/2019 9:03:47 AM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: gandalftb

Wow. He was offered the position of Defense Minister. That’s pretty impressive. But it does lead to one question. Why? I suppose there are two possible explanations.

1. The Ukraine thought a mere lieutenant colonel is qualified to be a defense minister.

2. The Ukraine thought Vindman could be manipulated through flattery.

Hmm. I wonder which one it is.


22 posted on 11/19/2019 9:03:50 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: RummyChick

Yeah, he’s a real Audie Murphy. If you don’t believe him, just ask him. That’s why he is wearing a dress uniform rather than the suit he usually wears.
He LOVES talking about himself. It’s hard to get most real combat vets to talk about it.

Not hollywood fatboy Vindman.


23 posted on 11/19/2019 9:04:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: AAABEST

Thanks, the answer was basically no, decades ago to avoid bs like this.

This was pure and updated Benedict Arnold bs.


24 posted on 11/19/2019 9:05:24 AM PST by Grampa Dave (If we have a civil war, the winners will be our enemies: Iran, China, Mexico, & Deep State thugs!)
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To: Raycpa

What made the Ukrainians think he was available for such an offer?

Certainly the Ukrainians would be aware that they could be compromising Vindman’s security clearance, at the least.

Why did the Ukrainians keep asking? Three times?


25 posted on 11/19/2019 9:06:07 AM PST by gandalftb
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To: MNJohnnie

I would enjoy hearing a Congressman ask him how many times he fired his rifle in combat.


26 posted on 11/19/2019 9:06:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Grampa Dave
Can a non American born have top secret clearances today?

I once heard that American pilots born in Russia or with a wife born there could not have bomber overflight assignments within a zone near there.

In case of a war declaration they might hesitate to drop the nuclear bombs.

Someone more knowledgeable here would have to tell me if I am right or wrong about that.

27 posted on 11/19/2019 9:07:27 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud & harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: gandalftb

Sounds to me like Flounder never was an American. His family brought him here to be raised by “the Village” but he will always be a Russki.


28 posted on 11/19/2019 9:08:06 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: gandalftb

Not only is Vindman dirty...he also is either a Russian or Ukrainian asset. He expects he can get rid of PDJT, with cover from the Dems, the CIA and the NSA.


29 posted on 11/19/2019 9:10:27 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: gandalftb

Court Martial him now for treason. He’s a US Army officer.


30 posted on 11/19/2019 9:10:42 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: gandalftb
Hmmmmmmmmmm is right. Did he report it to anyone? Because that position would involve allegiance to Ukraine.

Now someone had to recommend him. And when did this happen. Pre-Zelensky ???????

Insane....

31 posted on 11/19/2019 9:11:24 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Candor7

one GOP rattled off names and positions and asked if any of them had to seek Vindman’s approval for policy decisions

the answer is NO but vindman tried to dance around it


32 posted on 11/19/2019 9:11:57 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Candor7

Except I believe he is more Russian.....just born in Ukraine.


33 posted on 11/19/2019 9:13:27 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

it is amazing both he and his brother rose so high in the ranks


34 posted on 11/19/2019 9:14:32 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Grampa Dave
"Can a non American born have top secret clearances today?"

One became president. Twice.

35 posted on 11/19/2019 9:15:30 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: DesertRhino
Yeah, he’s a real Audie Murphy. If you don’t believe him, just ask him. That’s why he is wearing a dress uniform rather than the suit he usually wears.
He LOVES talking about himself. It’s hard to get most real combat vets to talk about it.

Not hollywood fatboy Vindman.

I'll bet there's stolen valor somewhere in all that fruit salad he's wearing.

Airborne Ranger? They must have really lowered their standards. They're admitting women now, so somewhere along the way they started admitting pudgy bespectacled dorks - otherwise the badges are fake.

36 posted on 11/19/2019 9:15:48 AM PST by Spirochete (GOP: Gutless Old Party)
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To: RummyChick

vindman didnt report to his direct supervisor saying morrison didn’t avail himself


37 posted on 11/19/2019 9:16:49 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: gandalftb

His issue is that he believes his foreign policy views supersedes the President’s view.......


38 posted on 11/19/2019 9:16:59 AM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: gandalftb

> What made the Ukrainians think he was available for such an offer? <

The Ukrainians knew from the get-go that Vindman would not be able to take the offer. I think it was an attempt to flatter and manipulate him. Geez Vindy, you’re such a great guy. Please consider being our defense minister. Because you’re such a great guy.

By the way, there’s a few little things we need your help on.

(And it says something about Vindman that the Ukrainians would even make such an offer.)


39 posted on 11/19/2019 9:17:31 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: gandalftb

So Vindman is brilliant? Seems more like a leaker with an ego. I would surmise that he regularly feeds his MSM pals stuff that undermines Trump.


40 posted on 11/19/2019 9:18:06 AM PST by apoliticalone (Without freedom of speech we have no democracy and will lose all our freedoms.)
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