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Topic: Playing Nice
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shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 02:48 PM
  
http://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/11/politics/milley-trump-appearance-mistake/index.html This is Gen Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. apologizing for walking to church with his President and Commander in Chief. He expressed his "outrage" over the killing of George Floyd and affirmed the protests were a result of "centuries of injustice to African Americans." The general's prerecorded vid was sent to graduating students of the National Defense University. Looks like one of those old Vietnam War era POW vids. Maybe the gen was friends with McCain, I dont know. Anyway, the new recruits have been given their marching orders. IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 02:55 PM
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/502218-senate-panel-votes-to-require-pentagon-to-rename-bases-named-after?amp&__twitter_impression=true "The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to rename bases and other assets that are named after Confederate military leaders, a source confirmed to The Hill. The amendment, offered by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), was approved by voice vote Wednesday during the committee's closed-door markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the source familiar with the situation said. The amendment would give the Pentagon three years to remove the Confederate names" IP: Logged |
Blind writer
Knowflake Posts: 697
From: Texas, USA
Registered: May 2012
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posted June 11, 2020 03:13 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."- George Orwell IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 127744
From: From a galaxy, far, far away...
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 03:55 PM
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Originally posted by Blind writer:
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."- George Orwell
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jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 14750
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 04:10 PM
""The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to rename bases and other assets that are named after Confederate military leaders, a source confirmed to The Hill."President Trump says that's not going to happen. IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 04:28 PM
http://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/petraeus-army-base s-named-for-traitor-confederate-leaders-should-be-renamed/ Here is another US general. This is General Petraeus, former commander of US forces in Afghanistan and former Director of the CIA. Impressive credentials! He believes destroying Confederate statues is the "forceful will of the people." He also suggests that renaming these "rebel forts" will be no biggie once they are "stripped of the obscuring power of tradition and folklore" The obscuring power of tradition. I don't know but that sounds maybe like Year Zero. Maybe something to do with Blind Writer's quote IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 04:37 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/overnight-defense-army-now-willing-to-rename-bases-named-after-confederates-dems-demand-answers-on-unfathomable-nuke-testing-discussions-pent agon-confirms-death-of-north-african-al-qaeda-leader/ar-BB15dkqoHere's Ryan McCarthy. He is a former US Army Ranger and current Secretary of the Army. Also impressive credentials! He says he is open to renaming US bases. Just last February is said he was not. At that time he appears to have understood the Confederate names were used "in the spirit of reconciliation", and that Confederate soldiers, per President Andrew Johnson, were no longer considered traitors. Wonder what made him change his mind? Maybe he is just playing nice? IP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 14750
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 04:46 PM
Trump is headed for a fight with Congress over renaming military bases that honor Confederate leaders
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-congress-headed-to-fight-over-confederate-military-base-names-2020-6 Trump says he will 'not even consider' renaming military bases honoring Confederates
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-he-will-not-even-consider-renaming-military-bases-n1229471 Trump says his administration 'will not even consider' renaming military bases named for Confederates
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-will-not-consider-renaming-military-bases-named-for-confederates Trump says admin 'will not even consider' renaming bases named after Confederate leaders, after Army signals openness
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-army-now-open-conversation-renaming-bases-named/story?id=71151951 IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 05:14 PM
Wow sounds like Trump is going to be in for a heck of a fight with his own military!To bad the military wont "play nice" with their own commander  wonder why? IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 05:27 PM
Jeez looks like even the Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper.
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/esper-army-secretary-open-to-renaming-10-posts-named-for-confederate-generals-1.632943
Esper is a West Point grad, Army officer, former Sec of the Army and Chief of Staff at the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. Super good repub cred there too.
So many accomplished and respected military leaders playing nice. Kinda makes you think. IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 05:28 PM
West Point .... that was in the news a few years ago, wasn't it? Some controversy. hmmmIP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 14750
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 05:36 PM
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Originally posted by shura:
Wow sounds like Trump is going to be in for a heck of a fight with his own military!To bad the military wont "play nice" with their own commander wonder why?
If the 'Generals' want to get into a slug-fest with President Trump, I'm pretty sure he will accommodate them. They'll find themselves occupying the cheap seats, not the Pentagon. May be best anyway. Time to clear out the dead wood promoted by the Marxist Messiah, Obama. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 11861
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 06:38 PM
This is one time the generals trump a don  ------------------
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jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 14750
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 07:19 PM
Very funny  But last time I checked, those generals all report to Trump...except for those he's already cashiered. 2 Generals don't Trump a President. IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 08:48 PM
Speaking of the Joint Chiefs...
[URL=http://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/870004024/former-joint-chiefs-chairman-condemns-trumps-threat-to-use-military-at-protests?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.c om&ut]http://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/870004024/former-joint-chiefs-chairman-condemns-trumps-threat-to-use-military-at-protests?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter. com&ut[/URL] m_campaign=npr
Here's Gen Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who says Trump's threat to use military force on rioters is "troubling" and "dangerous." He says the protest were "mostly peaceful."
Apparently he's not into that "enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC" thing because he says the military should be used for "conflict in external wars." ofc he doesnt like the idea of military personnel involving themselves in politics, but gosh darnnit, he just couldnt "sit on the sidelines" anymore. Another West Pointer. huh IP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 14750
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2020 11:16 PM
Gen Martin Dempsey:One of the Marxist Messiah, Obama's boys. IP: Logged |
shura
Knowflake Posts: 2352
From: kamaloka
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted June 15, 2020 04:23 PM
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Originally posted by jwhop:
Gen Martin Dempsey:One of the Marxist Messiah, Obama's boys.
One of many within the highest ranks. Some of whom promoted by Pres Trump. Meanwhile, I see the Supreme Court is playing nice today. IP: Logged |
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