Posted on 12/17/2015 9:08:34 AM PST by mrbinga
The plans of the next president are personal to the officers of the Pentagon, who are threatening to quit if The Donald becomes commander-in-chief.
Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to build up the U.S. military if elected president.
But it is not clear he will have the experienced commanders within the ranks to do it.
In the halls of the Pentagon, there is a different plan afoot for the Trump presidency. Here, officers are privately contemplating what they would do should Trump become their commander-in-chief. And more often than not, they proclaim they will leave.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
I believe that he can.
Ask officers that you know are conservative what they think the ratio is between conservative and lib officers and it might just shock you. NCOs are counter to that.
They want to quit, good riddance to them.
Concur..What ever became of.....”Service Above Self”.
Jeez, this woman must have found “military” folks to interview as they came out of gay bars or out of local ACLU offices. That’s sure not the military in which I served.
And they think that will save their sorry asses from being tried, convicted, sentenced, and hanged for giving aid and comfort to the enemy?
Either that or they have been on the pole smoking promotion list for for the past 7 years.
Believe me on this: the vast majority of officers and enlisted currently serving in the military want Obama gone.
I am in communication with many officers (I am a retired officer myself). They cannot stand Obama, and they know he ruined the nation and the military.
I think this article is largely hyperbole, and quotes a select few.
Trump's rhetoric has shown great respect for the men and women of the military (current, retired, and disabled).
The headline may instantly grab people's attention, but I am telling you it is not the majority opinion - by a long shot.
Obama gets replaced by a real American, and his rotten military brass quits. How is that not a win-win?
Get rid of the trash and recall the good officers that obama urged!!!!!
"Yea right Nancy.Got any names for us or did you just make the whole thing up?"
My guess would be that these are commanders we can do without.
If this is found to be true, the should do the honorable thing and fall on their sword!
So no one is going to quit if High Tech Hillary, the B*tch of Benghazi, gets elected?
Trump isn't my cup of tea either, but I smell some "bovine scattology" here.
Include them w the liberals who say they’ll the US if so and so wins. Liars.
Sadly, no one will quit—its an empty threat only—same with the Hollywood crowd. They will dig in and fight like hell to make Trump a failure in every way. The Trump-Hate is strong—just as Reagan-Hate was long ago.
I skimmed the article and was impressed by the fact that not a single active officer was identified by name.
That’s real courage, there.
Daily Beast Writer Partially Blames Bush For Bergdahl
Born to Egyptian parents, Youssef is a first-generation native to the Washington, D.C. area. She speaks fluent Arabic.
She spent four years covering the Iraq war and served as chief of the Baghdad bureau. Her work focused on the Iraqi citizens, centering on how the U.S. military strategy was influencing the social and political dynamic. Her pieces reflected on the everyday life of the Iraqi people and coverage of civilian casualties.
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Youssef penned a piece on November 13 that took apart Loganâs reporting and her hyper-reliance on the idea that al Qaeda took part in the Benghazi attacks and guarded the hospital where the Ambassadorâs body was taken. âLogan claimed that âitâs now well established that the Americans were attacked by al Qaida in a well-planned assault,ââ in her 60 Minutes feature, wrote Youssef. âBut al Qaida has never claimed responsibility for the attack, and the FBI, which is leading the U.S. investigation, has never named al Qaida as the sole perpetrator,â she continued.
Youssefâs account is hardly unbiased. She continues, âRather, it is believed a number of groups were part of the assault, including members and supporters of al Qaida and Ansar al Shariah, as well as attackers angered by a video made by an American that insulted Prophet Muhammadâ (emphasis added). âThe video spurred angry protests outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo hours beforehand.â
All of them need Article 15 hearings for engaging in politics while in uniform, under the aegis of their posts.
Every damned one.
I call BS.
Servicemen respect strength, guts and a man with a spine.
The one’s threatening to quite are cowards and quislings, attached to the south-end of the PC-train.
Quite frankly, no.
A lot of good guys were forced out because of o-bummer and the ones left include a number of people who should not be there.
My Nephew-in-law is currently a Marine NCO and the stuff he tells us is heartbreaking.
He is sticking it out and hoping for better in the future.
There’s at least 100 eligible O6s for every O7 slot. A majority of them would be far better than the guy who got past the Obama administration’s PC wickets.
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