Posted on 11/23/2019 4:26:37 PM PST by jazusamo
[Headline not true according to article]
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer threatened to resign if the Navy was not allowed to go through with an administrative review board next month to determine if Eddie Gallagher could remain a SEAL, multiple Navy officials confirmed to Fox News
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Earlier Saturday, The New York Times reported that along with Spencer, Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Commander Rear Adm. Collin Green also threatened to resign if the Navy carries out the request of President Trump to restore Gallagher’s rank to chief petty officer after he was demoted last summer. Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering an Islamic State (ISIS) fighter during a 2017 deployment to Iraq but was convicted of posing for a photo with the dead corpse.
However, officials say that The Times was inaccurate in reporting that Green threatened to resign over the Gallagher disagreement. Only Spencer -- not Green -- made such a threat, they said
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However, Spencer denied threatening to resign at a defense conference in Halifax, Canada, on Saturday, according to reporters present.
“I’m still here, I did not threaten to resign, we’re here to talk about external threats and Eddie Gallagher is not one of them,” Spencer said during a panel on the Arctic. Spencer told reporters he works at the pleasure of the president.
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However, Spencer told reporters the president has every right to intervene in military justice proceedings.
"The president of the United States is the commander in chief, he’s involved in every aspect of government and he can make decisions and do things and give orders as he deems appropriate," he said.
Spencer said that if he receives official orders -- not in the form of a tweet -- the disciplinary process against Gallagher will cease.
~snip~
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No doubt bro.
Are you referring to something along the lines of, "I have returned" (rather than, "We have returned")?
“You know what General MacArthur said to the people of the Philippines, right?”
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Y’all hang in there, I am going to Australia
They'll get it. The President confronted the problem and rendered a decision. The paperwork, of course will come later.
Spencer said that if he receives official orders -- not in the form of a tweet -- the disciplinary process against Gallagher will cease.
If this is just the gerbilists making it sound as if Spencer is taking a swipe at his Commander-in-Chief, no problem. But is this is Spencer being a front hole, then that SOB needs to go.
Ooh, I hadn't thought of that. And I usually think of everything.
We've had a recent revelation about the extent of Ukrainian/U.S. corruption, so I was thinking in terms of the Rats being Rats. But yeah, it very well could be Boris and Natasha.
You are correct in saying it is not an order from a Tweet.
He gave the order in the Pardon. The tweet is a reminder as to exactly who is in charge.
If it is misunderstood then maybe they should check their
status of command.
The latest shiny object.
That be it, so you probably know more about General MacArthur. It seems like every city in the Philippines has a MacArthur Street, Blvd or highway.
I believe you are correct. I think Trump pardoned him, restored his rank and restored his SEAL status, all in one fell swoop. I have to admit I was shocked, when I saw the brass still essentially said it was going back to committee, or whatever they call it. After I thought about it for a bit, I thought Trump probably ain’t gonna like it. These chumps need to clear out their desks, and hit the road. That is insubordination.
I think it would be appropriate for Trump to contact Spencer directly to get it done. Let his Sec’y of Navy take care of the paperwork and any of the other bureaucratic steps that would be necessary.
I bet he will.
That is correct.
The swamp is deep and the industrial military complex is complicit.
The President is doing what he set out for. MAGA.
The Deep State does not have the intelligence to keep up.
You cannot train a man to war, send him to kill in that war, then convict him of taking a picture of it.
Here’s a thought: Can Colin Green and promote Gallagher to VADM and make him the new OIC NSW.
Zend a message to all these dickheads
“Spencer said that if he receives official orders — not in the form of a tweet”
You’ll take your GD orders in any form you get them in Jackass.
Navy is on thin ice right now.
I like your tag.
AF COM of Luke Range. 92-97.
FACP Radar 85-92
I was a Msgt. I told my son not to do ANY enlisted time, under any circumstances. He didn’t.
Well, Thanks for that service.
The Masters around me were pretty damn good.
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