Posted on 11/09/2019 10:06:07 PM PST by Bratch
The word “coup” shifted to a new level of formalized meaning last week when members of the political resistance showed up to remove President Trump wearing military uniforms.
Not only did U.S. military leadership remain silent to the optics and purpose, but in the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman he admits to giving instructions to ignore the instructions from a sitting United States President.
In the absence of push-back from the Joint Chiefs, from this moment forth, the impression is tacit U.S. military support for the Vindman objective.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official, testified before congressional committees conducting an impeachment inquiry on October 29, wearing a full military uniform.
To date there has been no visible comment from U.S. military sanctioning Lt. Col. Vindman for his decision; or correcting the impression represented by Vindman’s military appearance. The willful blindness is concerning, but it gets much worse.
Beyond the debate about the optics of the “coup“, within the testimony of Lt. Col Vindman, the witness readily admits to understanding the officially established policy of the President of The United States (an agreement between President Trump and President Zelenskyy), and stunningly admits that two weeks later he was giving instructions to his Ukrainian counterpart to ignore those instructions and policies.
The coup against President Donald Trump went from soft, to hard. Consider…
The testimony from Lt. Col. Vindman is available here. [SCRIBD pdf below]
Borrowing from Roscoe B Davis, here are some highlights:
Representative John Ratcliffe begins deconstructing Lt. Col Vindman, while his arrogant attorneys begin trying to interfere with the questioning.
This next section is very interesting, and very important.
Congressman John Ratcliffe begins questioning Vindman from the perspective of an Article 92 violation, coupled with an Article 88 violation. President Trump, is Lt. Col Vindman’s superior. President Trump sets the foreign policy.
Two weeks after President Trump has established an agreement with Ukraine President Zelenskyy, and established the policy direction therein, Lt. Col. Vindman is now giving contrary instructions to the Ukranian government. Vindman’s lawyer recognizes where the questioning is going and goes absolutely bananas:
A reminder from the CIA “whistleblower” attorney. January 30th, 2017, ten days after President Trump’s inauguration: the “coup has started”…
Military should have arrested him while still in uniform. Now its “old news”. Obama dealt with Foreign Countries while not President. Kerry does the same all the time. No one will act so they will keep on trying.
Thank you for your service.
From what I’ve read Vindman’s father is Ukrainian, his mother Russian.
He was born there, Ukraine, but lived stateside since he was three. He was a Ukraine “specialist” and still has deep ties there. That may be where his loyalty lies.
“Which members of the “political resistance” besides Vindman?”
None. But don’t spoil the hysteria...
“Can’t be emphasized enough, some of them have been working hand in hand with the coup plotters since the onset.”
One interesting revelation in Lee Smith’s ‘The Plot Against the President’ is the active coordination of the Obama coup plotters and the media. Some of the media will argue that they were duped, but others certainly were actively working with the coup.
Most of the Coup Plotter team named in Smith’s book are names that we already know: Strzok, Page, McCabe, Ohr, Steele, Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Yates. Nothing too surprising there, plus there’s some lesser known individuals like Misfud, Downer and Halper.
I hope that we see all of them charged with sedition. This is really serious crime, a direct attack on elected government. I suspect the plot goes higher, they couldn’t have done this without Obama’s involvement.
As you say, some of them were very actively working with the coup planners. Think about Brennan's instruction to Ignatius to "take the kill shot on Flynn." Ignatius heavily involved with the UK aspect.
I believe that a case could be made for sedition for some of them. Conspiracy charges as well.
I have no idea why anyone would want to watch a “updated reboot” hiphop piece of garbage with the celebs de jour. Reynolds and the rest of the cast was what made the original.
“I believe that a case could be made for sedition for some of them. Conspiracy charges as well.”
A precedent is the Obama admin prosecuting Julian Assange.
Wouldn’t it be sweet irony if Obama’s media stooges got prosecuted with a precedent that he set.
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