Posted on 11/20/2019 1:03:30 AM PST by knighthawk
How “cheap” are Purple Hearts? Vindman said his vehicle was hit by an IED and “shrapnel pierced the armor”. He then said “I returned to duty that same day.”
What was his injury? How low is qualification for this medal?
Ty. Some of us care about what we say.
We’ve had flag officers publicly call for resistance or outright ouster of the President.
Vindman show the virus extends to much lower levels in the officer corps.
Very dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJsTquX9WMk&feature=emb_logo
Growing Up Deep State - The Next Generation of CorruptionQ: What do the CIA & the Mafia have in common?
A: Large Unassimilated Immigrant Communities.
This video was inspired by research into the Impeachment witnesses Alexander Vindman, Marie Yovanovich and CIAr@m#lla.
Hahahahahaha! I’m sure he does!
If fact the President is the Commander-in-Chief of all the US Military, yet 'The Prick's' answer fits as we know he does not believe in the chain of command anyway--
At the same time, you also do exactly what President Trump did ... and set up a second “back channel” that you use for your REAL diplomatic communications.
He was SMARMY as HELL!
You know EXACTLY on whose desk 'the buck" stops. The President needs to completely rethink his personnel strategy. He might start by purging all 0bama holdovers, including any senior military officers or SES civilians promoted under 0bama.
Who is Ty?
Of course we care what we say!
I am surely as angry as he.....I understand where the anger comes from!
But you’re right....I should have said this by Freepmail.....sorry
In fact, Morrison viewed Vindman as so untrustworthy that he opted to exclude him from his conversations with William Taylor, the senior US diplomat in Ukraine.
Morrison was an outsider...What he didn't know was that Vindman and Taylor are on the same team...Vindman and the person he ratted to are on the same team...That's why Vindman was instructed not to tell his boss Morrison of the conversation...
No one seems to want to mention that Vindman was the only person listening in on the phone call who felt something nefarious took place...
No, give him an M4, a humvee with a quarter tank of gas and station him in Somalia about 300 miles from no where. Make sure the only uniform he has is his dress blues and medals.
Dual nationals almost always have dual loyalties. It’s just human nature. He should never be near Ukraine policy in the White House.
Obama only promoted future scapegoats. He should have realized that.
Morrison was an outsider...
Yep. He’s been the star so far of the hearings. No doubt his beltway career is over because the GOP Senate would never confirm him for another post due to his anti-coup stance.
How does one earn a Purple Heart and return to duty that very same day? I thought one had to be seriously injured to earn a Purple Heart.
My Dad had a actual facial scar from Shrapnel, didn't get a PH just slapped a bandage on it and went back to work shooting Japs. Later earned 4 silver and 1 Bronze Star in WW2. Fought in 5 major battles in the Philippines as 503rd Airborne jumped with a US Flag to put up when Mac Arthur retook Corregidor on a Telegraph pole under sniper fire with a PFC, dad was a Sgt. That flag was to go to the General and second stay up until official Hoisting of the Colors 2 weeks later.
Vindman has been a liberal hack for a long time:
Posted on FR earlier:
Tweets of Retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Jim Hickman regarding LTC Alex Vindman
Twitter ^ | 10-31-2019 | U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Jim Hickman (Ret.)
Posted on 11/19/2019, 9:53:53 AM by servo1969
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Jim Hickman
https://twitter.com/Jim_Hickman13/status/1190077852680634368
I know LTC Alex Vindman from a Combined US-Russian exercise called Atlas Vision 12 in Grafenwoher, GE.
He worked w/the Russian Embassy & I was assigned to the JMTC (Joint Multinational Training Command), w/in USAREUR (US Army Europe). He worked coordination w/the Russian 15th Peacekeeping Brigade, & I was in charge of all Simulations planning, as well as assisting the USAREUR Lead Planner as the Senior Military Planner.
The following account of LTC Vindman’s words & actions are completely accurate to the best of my recollection & have been corroborated by others.
We interacted on several different occasions throughout the planning cycle, but it was during the actual execution of the exercise, that we had an issue relevant to his recent testimony.
As stated earlier, Atlas Vision 12 was conducted at JMTC in the VBS2 (Virtual Battle Simulations 2) Classrooms for Simulation. Vindman, who was a Major at the time, was sitting in one of the classrooms talking to the US & Russian Soldiers, as well as the young Officers & GS Employees about America, Russia, & Obama.
He was apologetic of American culture, laughed about Americans not being educated or worldly, & really talked up Obama & globalism to the point of uncomfortable.
He would speak w/the Russian Soldiers & laugh as if at the expense of the US personnel. It was so uncomfortable & unprofessional, one of the GS employees came & told me everything above. I walked over & sat w/in earshot of Vindman, & sure enough, all was confirmed.
One comment truly struck me as odd, & it was w/respect to American’s falsely thinking they’re exceptional, when he said, “He [Obama] is working on that now.” And he said it w/a snide ‘I know a secret’ look on his face. I honestly don’t know what it meant, it just sounded like an odd thing to say.
Regardless, after hearing him bash America a few times in front of subordinates, Russians, & GS Employees, as well as, hearing an earful about globalization, Obama’s plan, etc…I’d had enough. I tapped him on the shoulder & asked him to step outside.
At that point I verbally reprimanded him for his actions, & I’ll leave it at that, so as not to be unprofessional myself. The bottom-line is LTC Vindman was a partisan Democrat at least as far back as 2012. So much so, junior officers & soldiers felt uncomfortable around him.
This is not your professional, field-grade officer, who has the character & integrity to do the right thing. Do not let the uniform fool you…he is a political activist in uniform. I pray our nation will drop this hate, vitriol & division, & unite as our founding fathers intended
I need to make a slight correction on my statement, it was actually Atlas Vision 13 when the incident occurred. I was thrown off, as the next year Russia invaded Crimea. Also, I was promoted to Chief, Regional, Joint & Combined Exercises Branch, USAREUR, over many exercises.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3794990/posts
The Repubs need to expose this guy big time ASAP......
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