Posted on 02/20/2020 12:49:05 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
More than 1,000 military veterans have signed on to a letter condemning President Trump over his "sustained attacks" on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Army official who provided damaging testimony during the House's impeachment inquiry and was later recalled from the White House's National Security Council (NSC).
The letter, which was organized by the anti-Trump group National Security Action, condemned the dismissal of Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, saying it suggests that Trump is prioritizing "a personal vendetta over our national security."....
Signatories of the letter include former U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, former Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall and former Connecticut Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Shepard Stone, The Military Times first reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Love it.......thanks! :)
Trump is prioritizing “a personal vendetta over our national security.”
Sorry, but people who leak or encourage leakers, or who collude with domestic enemies to overthrow a duly elected government can’t be trusted anywhere near “national security”.
In other words, total hear say.
I do not have the link, but that is my recollection.
>>I swear this guy looks JUST LIKE Frank Burns of Mash, just like him!!!!<<
He’s a ferret face.
At lease we have the transcript, if anyone wants to read it.
Have at it:
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That’s it.
They have all their time to attack. They tell the Republicans the rules, and the Republicans obey.
Exhibit 1: Activist Whistleblower
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He looks like he could be a SHE? Maybe he should be called “Pat”.
I’m a former Marine who served 13 months in the Nam....
I think that TRUMP is the perfect president for America!!!
I’m a Marine Veteran. I’d like to see this loser court-martialed and hanged.
Um... I see a headline mentioning something about 1000 vets blathering on about Trump this and Trump that and Trump so bad ...and I’m like “1000 veterans” as in one thousand?
Why is it I don’t believe in this ‘1000’?
What’s wrong with me? I mean it’s right there staring us in the face!
1000 vets!
Gotta believe headlines!
How many of those 100,000 “veterans” had an honorable discharge? Just asking for a friend.
I'd guess he's moderated his view since then....
I think McCain was a liar...and a big POS.,,though.
This is a very interesting and enlightening read - It reduces the current political climate to the most basic level.
Jack Devere Minzey, born 6 October 1928, died 8 April 2018, was the Department Head of Education at Eastern Michigan University as well as a prolific author of numerous books, most of which were on the topic of Education and the Government role therein. (Editor's note: This was the last of his works):
~ CIVIL WAR ~
How do civil wars happen? By Dr. Jack Devere Minzey
Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. And they can't settle the question through elections because they don't even agree that elections are how you decide who's in charge. That's the basic issue here. Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war.
The Mueller investigation was about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. But it's not the first time they've done this. The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he didn't really win. The Supreme Court gave him the election. There's a pattern here.
What do sure odds of the Democrats rejecting the next Republican president really mean? It means they don't accept the results of any election that they don't win. It means they don't believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections. That's a civil war.
There's no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice. But the Democrats have rejected our system of government.
This isn't dissent. It's not disagreement. You can hate the other party. You can think they're the worst thing that ever happened to the country. But then you work harder to win the next election. When you consistently reject the results of elections that you don't win, what you want is a dictatorship.
Your very own dictatorship.
The only legitimate exercise of power in this country, according to Democrats, is its own. Whenever Republicans exercise power, it's inherently illegitimate The Democrats lost Congress. They lost the White House. So what did they do? They began trying to run the country through Federal judges and bureaucrats. Every time that a Federal judge issues an order saying that the President of the United States can't scratch his own back without his say so, that's the civil war.
Our system of government is based on the constitution, but that's not the system that runs this country. The Democrat's system is that any part of government that it runs gets total and unlimited power over the country.
If the Democrats are in the White House, then the president can do anything. And I mean anything. He can have his own amnesty for illegal aliens. He can fine you for not having health insurance. He can use the IRS as his own police force and imprison citizens who speak against him. He can provide guns and money (Fast and Furious) (Iran nuclear deal) to other countries to support his own agenda, and watch while one of America's Ambassador's is dragged through the streets and murdered doing nothing to aid our citizens. His power is unlimited. He's a dictator. (REMEMBER OBAMA?) But when Republicans get into the White House, suddenly the President can't do anything. He isn't even allowed to undo the illegal alien amnesty that his predecessor illegally invented. A Democrat in the White House has 'discretion' to completely decide every aspect of immigration policy. A Republican doesn't even have the 'discretion' to reverse him. That's how the game is played. That's how our country is run. Sad but true, although the left hasn't yet won that particular fight.
When a Democrat is in the White House, states aren't even allowed to enforce immigration law. But when a Republican is in the White House, states can create their own immigration laws. Under Obama, a state wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission. But under Trump, Jerry Brown can go around saying that California is an independent republic and sign treaties with other countries. The Constitution has something to say about that. Whether it's Federal or State, Executive, Legislative or Judiciary, the left moves power around to run the country. If it controls an institution, then that institution is suddenly the supreme power in the land. This is what I call a moving dictatorship!
Donald Trump has caused the Shadow Government to come out of hiding: Professional government is a guild. Like medieval guilds. You can't serve in if you're not a member. If you haven't been indoctrinated into its arcane rituals. If you aren't in the club. And Trump isn't in the club. He brought in a bunch of people who aren't in the club with him.
Now we're seeing what the pros do when amateurs try to walk in on them. They spy on them, they investigate them and they send them to jail. They use the tools of power to bring them down.
That's not a free country.
It's not a free country when FBI agents who support Hillary take out an 'insurance policy' against Trump winning the election. It's not a free country when Obama officials engage in massive unmasking of the opposition. It's not a free country when the media responds to the other guy winning by trying to ban the conservative media that supported him from social media. It's not a free country when all of the above collude together to overturn an election because the guy who wasn't supposed to win did.
Have no doubt, we're in a civil war between conservative volunteer government and a leftist socialist Democrat professional government.
Well now Pilgrims and Patriots, having read the above, I suggest two things: forward this very timely, very important analysis to those whom you believe think like you do (and those that don't) and make sure you REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER AND VOTE ON EVERY ELECTION DAY!
"Pro Christo Et Republica"
Who is going to verify the names? They could just pull 1000 names from a database...I wouldn’t put it past them.
You took that crap from Wiki? Who cares, where does he stand now? What's your point other than to stir up crap where it should not occur?
Just a 1000? Meh. I am giving a sh*t how exactly?
One thing that I learned in my time in the service was that not all those who wore stripes were patriots, nor competent in any task.
I’m not impressed with a thousand over how many vets?
Article 88 - Contempt Toward Public Officials
Article 94 - Mutiny and sedition
Article 104 - Aiding the enemy. (RATs would disagree but they ARE the enemy!)
As punishment this is what he deserves . (He is no Chuck Conners, that is for sure!)
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