Posted on 04/06/2020 7:07:26 AM PDT by Enlightened1
“Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.”
“We’re left with a question of—the Uniform Code of Military Justice is a law passed by Congress—it’s not the White House’s law. It’s not the Pentagon’s law. It’s a congressional system of justice, and it works pretty well. And I think we’ve seen command influence by President Trump in a manner that if he was a general court martial authority, two-star general, we’d fire him. So we got a real problem,” McCaffrey said on MSNBC.
Regarding the president himself, McCaffrey said, “Some of the things he’s saying are unsettling. They’re bizarre. Striking cultural targets, telling the Iraqis we won’t withdraw unless you pay for our Air Force base. Some of this language sounds unhinged. And, you know, one wonders where the Senate is in terms of being a constraining moderating influence on a president of the United States.”
You feel free to quote and admire Gen Barry McCaffrey. I say he is a sold-out son of a bitch Never-Trumper liar!
During Operation Desert Storm, McCaffrey commanded 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). Under his command, the division conducted the “left hook” attack 230 miles (370 km) into Iraq, leading to decisive battle victory in the Persian Gulf War and also putting troops in place for the final battle of the war.
In his book “Prodigal Soldiers,” James Kitfield recounted McCaffrey’s “left hook” attack plan. McCaffrey commanded “two entire Army corps deep into Iraqi territory. If successful, and no army in history had ever moved a force that size over 300 miles (480 km) on the time line General Norman J. Schwarzkopf was reciting, the move would flank the Republican Guard divisions in Kuwait and cut off all avenues of retreat ... The briefing left McCaffrey slightly stunned. He was part of the flanking force, and his mind was already starting to race over a logistics problem the war colleges would call a potential war-stopper, yet he had one overriding thought: We’re not going to fight a war of attrition, or a limited war. It was a revelation. He saw now that the Army was going to play to its strengths and the enemy’s weakness. By God, we learned. We learned (from the lessons of Vietnam).”
what have you done with your life?
What I haven't done is turn into a media shrill for MSNBC. Benedict Arnold was a hero. For a time. Not so much, later on....
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