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1 posted on 08/27/2021 10:19:21 AM PDT by RandFan
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He should be promoted.


2 posted on 08/27/2021 10:21:26 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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I think this is all part of the Soros/Jinping plan.

Two questions that the media is staying away from are how many Americans are still in Afghanistan?

And how many people will die?


3 posted on 08/27/2021 10:22:23 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
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Where was the controlled fury when that Marine General briefed yesterday?

He could have been briefing about paper clips for all the anger he showed.


5 posted on 08/27/2021 10:23:08 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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Watch them court martial this guy for publicly shaming his superiors.


7 posted on 08/27/2021 10:25:13 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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That took balls, it also ended his career. 17 years.


8 posted on 08/27/2021 10:25:31 AM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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It used to seem like an anathema to me. But I hope there is some Lt. Col or Colonel out there who will do what it’s going to take to give an enema to DC. Someone we have never heard their name.
It took one like that to save Chile.


10 posted on 08/27/2021 10:28:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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“Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, ‘Hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone’?” Scheller, in uniform, said in the video.

Top 'brass' are afraid to show their faces on TV to answer questions. No 'press conferences' for the 'COWARDS OF THE PENTAGON'...

11 posted on 08/27/2021 10:28:44 AM PDT by GOPJ
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Years ago a buddy of mine who participated in the initial invasion of Iraqi Freedom, told me a story as US forces were gearing up to head into Fallujah. He said he couldn’t confirm or deny it. Could have been urban legend, could have been the truth.

Anywho....It came down to one thing, Moral Courage.

Military leadership meets in a room to discuss the battle plan to head into Fallujah, knowing that it’s going to be really bad. House to house, door to door.

The psyops and civil affairs folks had been dropping leaflets telling folks to get out, but that also allowed the bad guys to set boobytraps everywhere.

The CO looks around the room and asks each person in it if their unit was ready. One by one they all said they were ready to go.

Until he got to the crusty Delta Force CSM, that said something to the effect of....Sir, everyone in this room is lying to you. I can tell you that my guys aren’t ready. And if my guys aren’t ready then none of the men under the command of everyone else in this room is ready. We need more time and more training to get them ready for what they’re about to walk into.

As the story goes, the operation was delayed 2 weeks to give the grunts time to train, learn and hone their skills.

Guys like that do not exist, very much anymore. If they do, they’re usually run out of the military and police departments. What the country and world gets are Yes Men that have not a care in the world for the 12 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman that died for no reason whatsoever.

When I look at someone like President Trump, I pretty sure he wants to be surrounded by guys like the Delta CSM. Folks that will give it to him straight and help him reach a decision. Instead, he was surrounded by people like all the Yes Men in that room that day. And, here we are.

But....more important than any of that.....NO MEAN TWEETS!!!!!!


13 posted on 08/27/2021 10:31:59 AM PDT by qaz123
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Our Marines and those Afghan citizens died in vain, alright.

And NO ONE will be held accountable. Well, maybe the Mess Sergeant on that particular day, but that’s about it. :(


17 posted on 08/27/2021 10:33:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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18 posted on 08/27/2021 10:33:39 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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The u.s. military is now a sick woke joke


19 posted on 08/27/2021 10:34:26 AM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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From Generals to Genitals — America’s Woke Military


21 posted on 08/27/2021 10:34:59 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Oorah!


23 posted on 08/27/2021 10:38:25 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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A Marine with balls!

I could only find the FB video, if someone has the YT video, please post.

https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173

24 posted on 08/27/2021 10:39:56 AM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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At least he isn’t asking them to give back all the ChiCom Bribe Money they took...


28 posted on 08/27/2021 10:42:11 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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How come Milley and Austin aren't answering questions?

Are the 'two turds' of the Pentagon too busy putting on fashion shows for new uniforms and pushing commie propaganda to answer questions?

33 posted on 08/27/2021 10:47:13 AM PDT by GOPJ
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This is exactly the kind of courage we need. Withe three years short of his twenty, this guy is absolutely putting it all on the line. Absolute courage and massive admiration from me.


35 posted on 08/27/2021 10:48:34 AM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an Empire of lies.)
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A man who will never be a full colonel.


38 posted on 08/27/2021 10:49:36 AM PDT by sitetest (Professional patient. No longer mostly dead. Again. It's getting to be a habit.)
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I haven’t watch the video but that picture on Politico is troubling. In a warzone with a history of bombings, why are the soldiers clumped together, casual, waiting for a bomber to walk up and, as we now see, kill and injure Americans. This is incompetence.


39 posted on 08/27/2021 10:50:01 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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Trump was not able to drain the swamp at DOD, created from GWBush on but mostly through Obama. Now the top ranks are all woke careerists who put keeping their careers in tact and on course above the national interest.

Yes, a good officer works acknowledging civilians are at the top of chain of command, but great officers resign when they must so that as civilians they can speak truth to the American people.


40 posted on 08/27/2021 10:50:08 AM PDT by Wuli
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