Posted on 08/16/2017 8:52:56 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
A group of military leaders broke with President Donald Trump and rebuked the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville over the weekend — a near-historic development for U.S. civil-military relations.
Since Sunday, five U.S. service chiefs — representing the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and National Guard — have tweeted their denunciation of the white nationalists whose rally led to the killing of a counter-protester on Saturday. Two police officers covering the rally also died when their helicopter crashed.
The joint chiefs condemnation of racism and white supremacist groups is notable because it stands in stark contrast with Trump's statements that blamed both white-nationalist marchers and counter-protesters — even though it was a Nazi sympathizer who caused all of the casualties.
It is also remarkable because American military leaders tend to stay outside of the political arena.
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Trump is gonna need a bigger purge.
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Agreed!
Of course they denounce racism. It’s NBC tying it to Trump. Has nothing to do with him. Clever fake news.
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I remember all the violence - and some murders - and the story was always
- that was just one person.
The Media shielded the protesters and claimed some “outsider” or mentally ill person alone was responsible.
Did the Joint Chiefs saying anything about the 5 dead Cops in Dallas?
How about Baton Rogue?
The burned Church in Ferguson?
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In the “olden days” (not too long ago), military officers stayed out of anything reeking of or suggestive of politics.
I guess 8 years of Obama has seen the elevation of NUMEROUS perfumed princes consumed by bureaucratic political correctness.
It is odd that you can show a picture of this rioter being with a stick, but claim that Mr. Harris was violent, but can show no such evidence.
I agree their statement is identical to Trump’s which denounced the right wing groups by name.
Why are they even speaking in public?
They don’t have enough to do among China, the ME, Russia, Darkest Africa, South America, NORKs, NATO, Turkey, McCain, etc. ?
You’re correct. Their statement is not in stark contrast to Trump’s.
It’s those Bolshevik loons at NBC.
Did the Joint Chiefs say anything about the terrorist attack at the church in Charleston that left nine people dead?
Fatigue? We’re just now getting fired up.
Why didn’t the Joint Chiefs denounce Islamic Jihad after Fort Hood?
They are all out of their lanes. Military Officers are supposed to be apolitcal.
Violates one of the foundations of the Officer Corps. A damned poor example of leadership.
Yes but why are they even commenting on this?
What concern do they have in this to speak not as an individual but make a statement representing their office and position?
Wtf.
LOL!
In the empty minds of fools (NBC and their audience) “racism, intolerance & hatred” can not be meant for the alt-left.
What next....every cabinet secretary has to make a statement? Utter bullshid.
GOV. Terror McAuliffe is responsible for the VSP Chopper Crash as he chose to go to the site of his popo stand down by car with an aerial cover and is is IN CHARGE.
[[A group of military leaders broke with President Donald Trump and rebuked the “Unite the Right” rally]]
How thew hell did they ‘break with the president’ when they said the same damn thing Donald Said on monday? Donald denounced white supremacy AND he denounced ALL racism and hatred on BOTH sides-
The left and fair weather friends on the right are destroying this president with nothing but lies and innuendo
The left can’t stand that president Trump Denounced ALL hatred and racism- They demanded that he denounce ONLY the right- and when he didn’t cowtow to their pathetic demands- they painted him as a racist and white supremacist
Satan is really working overtime in the democratic party- it’s amazing to me how the left can ignore the FACTS and paint president trump as a white supremacist after he clearly denounced them- Th left simply ignore that or worse yet twist it around to appear as though he didn’t mean it and was ‘forced to read the denouncement off a teleprompter’ under protest-
The friggin liberals in this country have gone insane! They are now incapable of telling the truth apparently-
They lost the election and can’t stand that they are no longer in power and it’s now their mission to destroy trump using any lies they can invent-
I have more faith in the junior officers and the enlisted men.
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