Posted on 06/11/2020 11:14:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
Washington -- One of the most alarming aspects of the present fevers is the utterance of total untruths by notables in high places. Do they not know what the truth is? Or do they not care about the truth? Do they believe their notoriety will overcome a totally erroneous statement?
For instance, consider Gen. James Mattis' statement in The Atlantic, which is highly misleading. History is clear. Past presidents have used the military repeatedly in states with or without a governor's invitation. To deny it is an example of what President Donald Trump has called "fake news."
Has Mattis never heard of President George H.W. Bush in 1992 sending in troops to put down the Los Angeles riots? How about President Lyndon Johnson? Did Mattis ever hear of LBJ sending troops to Washington to the put down the riots there after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? What about John F. Kennedy? Did Mattis never hear of JFK sending out troops to quell riots in Birmingham or at the University of Mississippi or when the bigoted Alabama Gov. George Wallace blocked the schoolhouse door? And what about President Dwight Eisenhower? Did he not dispatch troops to Little Rock? Or was it someone else?
Where has Mattis been on all these occasions? Or how about when a president calls out his military to put down insurrection by veterans? I remember hearing of President Herbert Hoover calling upon Gen. Douglas MacArthur to put down the Bonus Marchers. It happened in 1932. Does Mattis, or any of the other great minds filling the television screens and newsprints nowadays, remember the Bonus Marchers?
Trump was almost 22 years old in 1968 when the last round of national rioting engulfed America. My guess is that young Donald was watching television news at some point when a truly inspiring moment was captured on the screen. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis on April 4, and cities were burning across America. I certainly remember the inspiring moment. Though the inspiration did not come from a Republican. Robert Kennedy, who was running for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, took time off from his campaign to fly to Washington to walk the smoldering streets and instill calm. I have a picture of him, I believe at the corner of 14th and U street. No one called it a "photo op." Yet it probably served that purpose also. Eight weeks later, Robert Kennedy, too, was shot dead.
Is it possible that on May 31, when Trump saw the historic church across the street from Lafayette Park, St. John's Episcopal, afire, he thought of the example set by Robert Kennedy so many years ago? He decided to walk over and stand by the church to change the tone of the angry crowd. I saw from my television set water bottles being launched from the remnants of the angry crowd. His act could not be seen by any fair-minded observer as anything but an act of peace. Could it? Once the crowd had been cleared, the president came to the church. He carried a Bible. Who taunts with a Bible?
And yet these last few lines will seem laughable to the "peaceful demonstrators" if ever they take the time to read them. That is how bad it has gotten. We are living in dreadful times. Nothing I can think of can be done by Trump to calm the angry mob. Take a page from Kennedy's playbook, and it is called a "photo op." Walk across Lafayette Park to church, and it is called aggressive behavior -- even by the sainted Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. Even if the president called a summit with all the players involved, he could not get peace. All he can do is the unthinkable, step down, and then the Democrats would probably proceed with indictments. Who knows, they might be preparing indictments at this very hour. Nothing like this has ever occurred in our history.
Yet based on the revelations of Justice Department documents, it appears the war against Trump began even before his election. Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein revealed enough in testimony last week to suggest that the intelligence community was out to get Trump before Hillary had even lost to him. Who were they working for? Was it Hillary herself? I am counting on Attorney General Bill Barr to supply the answers.
The Haditha Marines
Mattis needs to “Just fade away”.
Don’t hold your breath.
One gets the feeling that Mattis, Milley, and Esper got a call from their handler (wonder who the hell that is?) who instructed them to knife the President.
Might get to see the Insurrection Act in action. Seems that part of Seattle have been taken over by armed insurgents and the Mayor and Governor don’t want to do anything about it.
....community was out to get Trump before Hillary had even lost to him. Who were they working for? Was it Hillary herself? I am counting on Attorney General Bill Barr to supply the answers”. Don’t hold your breath, Kaslin.
A soldier desire for immortality squandered for 50 pieces of Obama wannabe political bling speech.
The obsession with domination in the military here borders on mutiny. Compare that to the generals with white guilt always crawling before Obozo. Disgusting
colin
I remember back when “Mad Dog” was a big favorite. He turned out to not be such a great asset for President Trump.
There are hundred scores, if not thousand score creatures in DC and its tentacles.
He turned out to be such a great ASS. That's about all. I really wonder what the Evil Ones have on Mattis, Milley, and Esper to get them to sing slime songs about Trump.
Everything associated with Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota boy draws flies.
Everything.
I know a guy who graduated from the Naval Academy and was a Top Gun fighter pilot. He was an aggressive WARRIOR. He retired from the Navy with the rank of captain. I asked why he did not make it to Admiral. He said “I did not want to kiss ass!” People like Mattis are good at kissing the asses of people like Barbara Boxer 0bama, etc.
This was announced a long time ago,remember the Resistance?
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