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Anguished SEALs Recall Chief as 'Evil' and 'Toxic'
New York Times via Yoohoo News ^ | 12/27/2019 | Not Attributed

Posted on 12/27/2019 7:47:04 AM PST by Menehune56

Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, a medic in the platoon, told the investigators: “You could tell he was perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving.” Such dire descriptions of Gallagher, who had eight combat deployments and sometimes went by the nickname Blade, are in marked contrast to Trump’s portrayal of him at a recent political rally in Florida as one of “our great fighters.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alinsky; coreyscott; craigmiller; davephilipps; eddiegallagher; fakenews; hitpiece; joshuavriens; liars; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nyt; vriens
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To: Menehune56

Some of the comments are spot on - one says he was cleared by a Military Court-Martial of all but a minor crime - so how could that be with all these snowflakes “weighing” in....


21 posted on 12/27/2019 8:02:25 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Menehune56

It isn’t popular to say it, but the ongoing wars and this pop culture have attracted more than a few modern snowflake new SEALS that are fantastic athletes, but otherwise not really the same caliber of fighting man of the recent past.

So I’m sure they can find a mangina or two to say things like this.

A couple murdered a Special Forces soldier in Africa because he was exposing their dope ring. One came out as a tranny. The fact that someone is a seal doesn’t mean their opinion is automatically worthwhile these days.


22 posted on 12/27/2019 8:02:46 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Menehune56

“Colonel, there are 50,000 men on this island who would like to shoot that son of a bitch!”

- From “Patton”


23 posted on 12/27/2019 8:04:18 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Menehune56

Yeah. I don’t take religious, moral, or military advice from the NYT.


24 posted on 12/27/2019 8:05:06 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Menehune56

Interesting if true. Did these stories come out as testimony during the court martial? If not why not? And If I recall correctly, why did the prosecution feel it had to spy on the defense attorneys? Perhaps a Freeper who is in-the-know can tell us. I would prefer someone who has direct knowledge to speak up, rather than rely on google.

C.W.


25 posted on 12/27/2019 8:06:20 AM PST by colderwater
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To: Menehune56

These are just quotes taken out of context to twist the words and make for a hit piece on Trump and everything he stands for.

I’d be very curious to see an actual confirmation or rebuttal by Corey - but I’m sure they asked and he refused to talk to them.


26 posted on 12/27/2019 8:10:18 AM PST by Skywise
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To: Williams

good post


27 posted on 12/27/2019 8:10:51 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Menehune56

You never heard of this thing before. The teams, purpose and how they are used all needs to be reassessed. I heard a podcast just last week from a former SEAL who said he rarely dived, and most of the guys he knew lost that skillset.

I believe a few years after 911, I recall there was a shortage, then some changes in the training and how the SEAL teams would be utilized. They have been pulled out of their historical purpose to supplement new requirements (per strategies) that the regular combat unit couldn’t entirely fulfill.

Because of that, you’re seeing way more problems than before. And I believe much of this is indeed new. And if the regular SEAL teams weren’t good enough, we had to have SEAL Team 6 and what not.


28 posted on 12/27/2019 8:14:13 AM PST by Nifty
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To: Menehune56

“Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, a medic in the platoon, told the investigators: “You could tell he was perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving.”

Perfect! That’s their job, kill people and break things!


29 posted on 12/27/2019 8:16:54 AM PST by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: CodeToad

Toss in the fact that Gallagher was on his EIGHTH TOUR to Iraq/ Afghan

Think he might have seen the enemy at their worst and been a little “ distrustful” of them? Even those hijabi clad women collecting intelligence on, delivering explosives and helping kill Americans for allah


30 posted on 12/27/2019 8:17:36 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Menehune56

Seals were trembling and crying over dead terrorists.

Sure they were.

Democrats just recycle the same crap over the decades. Now, it’s Vietnam all over again.


31 posted on 12/27/2019 8:19:03 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein didn't kill himself on purpose, it was an accident.)
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To: Menehune56
“You could tell he was perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving.”

Did he ever watch someone die and then laugh and gloat and say "we came, we saw, he died!" in a mocking tone of voice?

32 posted on 12/27/2019 8:22:32 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: StolarStorm

I’ve seen plenty of combat footage from WWII in urban zones. You didn’t just saunter into the street in Stalingrad during the Siege.


33 posted on 12/27/2019 8:22:43 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Nifty

Once again Force Recon Marines make the SEALS out to be a bunch of girls. Semper Fi


34 posted on 12/27/2019 8:23:53 AM PST by SanchoP (Yippy,the next generation search engine.)
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To: CodeToad

i.e. to a hammer, everything is a nail, as it should be. But don’t toss a hammer into an environment rich in eggs. And don’t blame the hammer when you suddenly have the makings for a lot of omelettes.


35 posted on 12/27/2019 8:24:49 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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Is Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott a DEMOCRAT??!!!!
36 posted on 12/27/2019 8:25:19 AM PST by KavMan
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To: Beagle8U; All

Isn’t a SEAL medic not really a SEAL? Like a Corpsman?


37 posted on 12/27/2019 8:26:06 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: Menehune56
Medic and SEAL?....I would think the worldviews of those attracted to those two occupations would be completely different.

I wonder what SEALs think of medics. That would be interesting.

38 posted on 12/27/2019 8:31:40 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: dfwgator

I knew a member of Patton’s 3rd Army. Even at 90+ nobody would dare to disparage Patton in front of him. This man was in my church in Benson, AZ along with a former member of the Wermacht who had spent a year in a Soviet POW camp.

We had some very interesting conversations during church socials.


39 posted on 12/27/2019 8:33:54 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: 2banana

I learned something today. Used to, most SEALs refer to their medical man as a “Corpsman”, which is the Naval billet, and Medic was a US Army billet say for Special Forces. In the past, many a SEAL take umbrage at any reference as a Medic, however that changed in 2006, when Navy Corpsman now fills the billet of “SEAL Medic” and they attend the Fort Bragg Course as part of their initial SEAL Medic training.

Now they are more of the Special Operation Forces rank structure.

Anybody know if the SEAL Medics prefer to be known as Corpsmen or as Medic?


40 posted on 12/27/2019 8:34:56 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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