Posted on Nov 20, 2019
Should President Trump provide credibility back to UCMJ by charging to start with: Admiral Green, Adm Gilday, Secretary Spencer?
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That would have only worsened a bad situation. They spoke their conscience as any good leader must.
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The law is the law and it should apply to everyone or no one. I don't care who you are or what you have done you must answer for your crimes. BTW - The Commander and Chief is always a Constitutionally Elected civilian, that's the way it works.
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MSG Hutchison...
Seems you don't know the difference between a deferment and draft dodging.... Bill Clinton would have been closer to a draft dodger then President Trump, who had deferments.
Joe Biden has had 5 deferments also... i sure hope your not voting for that draft dodger and last point.
Bernie Sanders was a conscientious objector until he was to old then pulled his c.o. status because he was to old to be drafted
Seems you don't know the difference between a deferment and draft dodging.... Bill Clinton would have been closer to a draft dodger then President Trump, who had deferments.
Joe Biden has had 5 deferments also... i sure hope your not voting for that draft dodger and last point.
Bernie Sanders was a conscientious objector until he was to old then pulled his c.o. status because he was to old to be drafted
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We need to remember that the President is the Commander-in-Chief. Is there any rank in the military higher? Do you want to risk your career playing games with the President? Clearly, these Flag and General Grade officers were playing games by showing the President who sails the ship. Clearly, Admirals sail the ship, but guess who owns them? I'm not so sure about the UCMJ thing, but I do know politics. All the President has to do is inform these officers that "He has lost confidence in their ability to lead blah, blah and blah. Guess what? Your working at McDonalds now. These officers would do well to let things be. If this Chief is a real bung hole and does not know what he is doing (which I doubt is the case) then the Chief's Mess will handle it and it can get pretty rough in there. Suffice it to say, the old adage, "One aw shit, kills 10,000 atta boys" does not work in the Oval Office. What works is politics and public image. When it comes to shoot 'em up bang, bang kind of stuff, then the Pentagon can go hairy wild nuts and the Prez is hands off, but good Flag Officers should know the Law of Gross Tonnage and be the Give Way Vessel. Davy Jones Locker is filled with guys who thought they were fast guns. This theory works regardless of your rank.
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My feeling that I share with all military is this. Any person who wishes to run for political office from city counsel to president should be required to have served at least one 2 year term in the Military and honorable discharge. My reasoning is that most will be more willing to put the welfare of the people the serve before themselves.
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The oath is to defend against ALL ENEMIES, foreign AND DOMESTIC. The treasonous clown in the White House is most definitely a domestic enemy. His entire presidency is an assault upon the Constitution. It is the Constitution that Americans owe their allegiance to, not clowns in government.
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This question is absurd. The Commander in Chief is Putin's bitch and not qualified to operate a 7-11. He is a sociopathic narcissist elected as the result of Russian interference in our elections and he is doing everything in his power to destroy our democracy. Russia played upon the anti American, racist, fascist sentiments of the most ignorant, totalitarian leaning cretins in our society to get him elected. And, this question epitomizes that ignorance. There is no duty upon any flag officer to blindly follow the wishes of an incompetent fool, regardless of what office he occupies. The administration of Military Justice is based on ideals, standards, tradition and the UCMJ. It is not based on the whims of the Moron in Chief. Any service member who thinks otherwise is clearly a product of the defunding of education that was intentionally started 50 years ago or more, by the Party of Treason that has been trying to create the conditions necessary to change the nature of our government to pure oligarchy. They damned near succeeded. But for the corona virus it looks like the treasonous clown in the White House may have received a second term and succeeded in a power grab very similar to Adolph Hitler in 1930's Germany. However, enough of the clowns that voted him in are waking up to his complete and total incompetence and lack of fitness for any government jog, right down to dog catcher.
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Capt Edward Egan
Not only are you wrong, you're ignorantly and obnoxiously wrong, clearly a commie troll.
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Talk about Draft Dodgers...Joe Biden....yep, he claimed to have asthma and Selective Service coded him 4F. He has spent his most of his life in politics.
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I have my doubts about CPO Gallagher's conduct over in Af-Pak . IMO , He should not have been reinestated to the SEAL's, but forced out into retirement . So I can't judge any of his chain of command about their actions, I think they acted in good faith about Gallagher's conduct I don't think any of them warrant UCMJ action. And I don't think Trump should have gotten involved in the first place. But as POTUS and CiC he does have the right and the power to do so
"I stuck up for three great warriors against the deep state." -Trump. Sad that Trump doesn't realize these "warriors" are/were working for the deep state. As is the rest of the military, since the GWOT started, or perhaps long before, given what Smedley Butler had to say.
Best to just let this history be buried, and not to stir it up again.
"I stuck up for three great warriors against the deep state." -Trump. Sad that Trump doesn't realize these "warriors" are/were working for the deep state. As is the rest of the military, since the GWOT started, or perhaps long before, given what Smedley Butler had to say.
Best to just let this history be buried, and not to stir it up again.
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