Posted on 10/30/2019 8:08:12 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
“He was born in Ukraine and speaks the language fluently”
He speaks Ukrainian?
Bring it on.
My powder is dry.
And I gots lots of it.
He is also still subject to the UCMJ.
It appears the good Lt Col had a habit of being in the wrong place at the right time. The purple heart is not exactly the same as a Silver Star. Reminds me of a comment someone made during Gulf II... “don’t you love it when Generals are talking about infantry squad tactics and Lt Col’s are discussing foreign policy?” If I remember right it was a slap at one of the Lt Col (retired) commentators on Fox News at the time.
You are not alone, my friend.
He needs a firing squad
So they say. Russian too.
How about Austrian?
I suspect he worked with the DNC to setup their operation in Ukraine and he is trying to cover the tracks.
Who hires someone for the NSC from a former Soviet Country?
There is a Ukrainian language.
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Ukranian really is a thing. In Ukraine more people speak it than Russian.
The Ukrainian language, while similar in many respects to Russian, is like the differences between Lithuanian and Polish.
A Ukrainian may understand a Russian, but the dialect and many words differ. It is rather like an Austrian or a German Swiss speaking to a native German.
Is it a real Purple Heart, or a John Kerry “Purple Heart”?
That.
It is synthetic. More like ‘old’ pre-18th century Russian with little Polish influence. Russian and Ukrainian are mutually intelligible.
In 1989 maybe 15% of Ukrainians spoke it, mostly very old and rural people.
Today it is fashionable and maybe half try to speak it but they do it poorly. That they speak is known as ‘surjik’ - a weird mix typical to that people call Spanglish. A mix of semi-forgotten Russian and never properly learnt Ukrainian.
Put some stress on them and 90% switch to clean Russian.
IS HE A CITIZEN????? I want to know!
I think so. Also a traitor.
– While Vindman’s military service is honorable, in testifying on Tuesday he was disobeying a direct order from his Commander-in-Chief. That is not honorable.
It's more than "NOT honorable".
Looks like this guy is itching to lead a military coup.
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