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Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President
NYT ^ | 10 17 2019 | Admiral William H. McRaven

Posted on 10/17/2019 2:36:26 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

If President Trump doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office.

Last week I attended two memorable events that reminded me why we care so very much about this nation and also why our future may be in peril.

The first was a change of command ceremony for a storied Army unit in which one general officer passed authority to another. The second event was an annual gala for the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) Society that recognizes past and present members of the intelligence and Special Operations community for their heroism and sacrifice to the nation. What struck me was the stark contrast between the words and deeds heralded at those events — and the words and deeds emanating from the White House.

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And if this president doesn’t understand their importance, if this president doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, both domestically and abroad, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office — Republican, Democrat or independent — the sooner, the better. The fate of our Republic depends upon it.

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To: Obadiah

He was!


21 posted on 10/17/2019 2:44:51 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I read 'semen' and 'drool'. Wth? 🙌😷🐎💨💩. NOT my Navy. At least he said "republic" and not democracy.
22 posted on 10/17/2019 2:44:54 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Evidently not all SEALs are honorable....


23 posted on 10/17/2019 2:45:12 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: yesthatjallen

McRaven is an a$$hole. Props to him for being a SEAL, but Richard Marcinko was on to him early and had him removed from his SEAL Unit for basically being a stuffy pri&k. Just goes to show you how far a political general can go.


24 posted on 10/17/2019 2:46:10 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Partisan Media Shills update.


25 posted on 10/17/2019 2:47:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Admiral McRaven you are no Halsey or Nimitz!


26 posted on 10/17/2019 2:47:36 PM PDT by Chgogal (Trump: Make America Great Again. Democrat: Make America Mexico Again.)
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To: yesthatjallen

General McCraven likely has butt plugs and little boys in his closet.


27 posted on 10/17/2019 2:47:57 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: yesthatjallen

One year to election day, Admiral. Go for it.


28 posted on 10/17/2019 2:51:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: yesthatjallen
Chicken-Litttle
29 posted on 10/17/2019 2:53:50 PM PDT by timestax
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To: steel_resolve

Another Wesley Clark!


30 posted on 10/17/2019 2:55:28 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: JoSixChip
I know more than few SpecOps guys that served under the Admiral. They don't hold him in high regard.
31 posted on 10/17/2019 2:59:45 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Beware the homeless industrial complex.)
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To: yesthatjallen

BS! He’s providing perfect leadership that America needs.

Don’t like it - then you get a chance to vote him out next year.

In the meantime - where were you when Obama disgraced the military and this nation abroad?


32 posted on 10/17/2019 2:59:56 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: yesthatjallen

So this Admiral Crapweasel thinks we should replace the president BEFORE the election when it is normally done?


33 posted on 10/17/2019 3:00:01 PM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitc)
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To: yesthatjallen
William H. McRaven

Dispute with President Trump

"....In August 2018, McRaven expressed support for former CIA Director John O. Brennan, whose security clearance had recently been revoked by the Trump Administration. He authored an open letter to President Donald Trump in The Washington Post entitled "Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President", in which he affirmed his regard for Brennan, his former colleague, and offered criticism of the decisions and personal behavior of President Trump.[29] McRaven said of Brennan, "He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question ... except by those who don't know him."....

The admiral is a balloon head.

34 posted on 10/17/2019 3:00:09 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: yesthatjallen

Let’s see...anyone wonder why Flynn was targeted by Obama, Clinton and her cronies?

“Flynn has said in interviews and writings that some documents captured in the bin Laden raid showed a much tighter relationship between Iran and al-Qaeda than previously disclosed” —another thread

McRaven is very tight with John Brennan as well.

McRaven was on Hillary’s short list to run as VP before she picked the Tim the twit favored by CAIR.


35 posted on 10/17/2019 3:00:55 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yup, Trump is destroying the country by protecting our borders, giving liberty back to the people, freeing businesses from oppressive regulations, fixing old trade deals that sold out our country, reducing every poverty metric there is, getting allies to follow their commitments, punishing anti-American countries and a bunch of other things. How horrible for the nation.

The left lives in an alternate universe. I fear there is no coming back for most of them. The real world is completely out of their reach at this point.


36 posted on 10/17/2019 3:01:32 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: yesthatjallen

F’ you and GTH, with all due respect Admiral Democrat.


37 posted on 10/17/2019 3:02:20 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Liberals have been trying to destroy the Republic for YEARS.


38 posted on 10/17/2019 3:02:39 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Another perfumed prince jacking his jaws.


39 posted on 10/17/2019 3:03:34 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Didn’t they just post some positive stuff that gave us all the vapors ?


40 posted on 10/17/2019 3:04:54 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true..)
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