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2019-01-05 Home Front: Politix
Admiral (R) James Stavridis: 'Why Trump's Generals Have Abandoned Ship'
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-05 02:54|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 He wishes to disengage from overseas military adventurism (wiki: 150 countries). He thinks Private Military Contractors (PMC) may be part of the solution. He distrusts the intelligence community, and he refuses to read my PPT slides. He must surely be evil.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-05 03:17||   2019-01-05 03:17|| Front Page Top

#2 >So why, after hiring quite a few, is the President turning on them?

Because they are agreeing to do something, then not doing it.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-05 07:16||   2019-01-05 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 At least when I go to RealClearDefense I can see I'm being directed to a Stavridis article and I can avoid it.

Need a way to avoid Rave TheDumbjar articles. Same for InstaHypocrite, Robert Hardley, Andrew Bastavich and so on.

Before you criticize ignoring these blowhards, realize their flatulence is analyzed elsewhere...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-05 07:38||   2019-01-05 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone seems to forget how many generals Lincoln went through.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-05 07:44||   2019-01-05 07:44|| Front Page Top

#5 M. Murcek - nobody is stopping you from starting your own echo chamber blog
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-05 07:57||   2019-01-05 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 For nearly two decades the military leaders went along with war policies. Naturally a number of commanders are wrapped up in that way of thinking now. It’s all they’ve really known. That doesn’t make the policies right or even goood for America.
Posted by Rjschwarz 2019-01-05 08:37||   2019-01-05 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Same for InstaHypocrite

Whoever has the universal translator, help me out here...
Posted by Raj 2019-01-05 08:43||   2019-01-05 08:43|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a certain aversion to failure within the careerist leadership structure of the military. Bouncing back from a difficult or failed assignment is quite difficult, if not impossible. Not so much for a moneyed real estate developer and builder.

Lincoln didn't care about their careers. Neither does Trump.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-05 08:47||   2019-01-05 08:47|| Front Page Top

#9 He can't say no to Putin.
Posted by Uleresing Unereger5082 2019-01-05 08:48||   2019-01-05 08:48|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ Stupidity displays
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-05 09:11||   2019-01-05 09:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, Frank, comfy in your echo chamber, how could any other source penetrate?
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-05 09:24||   2019-01-05 09:24|| Front Page Top

#12 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama, Compiled By General Paul Vallely, 3-17-14
Posted by Angaiper Slinerong2336 2019-01-05 10:50||   2019-01-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#13 NYTimes: By Ashley Parker and Maggie Haberman
July 12, 2016: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is vetting James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the 16th supreme allied commander at NATO, as a possible running mate, according to a person with knowledge of the vetting process.
Posted by Maggie Claque3077 2019-01-05 11:13||   2019-01-05 11:13|| Front Page Top

#14 @Maggie Claque3077

Thanks added to article. Although the code chewed up the rest of the article eek.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-05 12:11||   2019-01-05 12:11|| Front Page Top

#15 8 years of Obama dominating who becomes Flag Officers. This is the result.
Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2019-01-05 12:28||   2019-01-05 12:28|| Front Page Top

#16 InstaHypocrite,
My guess is that is a reference to Instapundit. I've heard him called a hypocrite by folks that don't understand libertarianism but think they do.
Posted by ruprecht 2019-01-05 15:06||   2019-01-05 15:06|| Front Page Top

#17 Trump was hired by the American people to be a "different" kind of POTUS.
Posted by JohnQC 2019-01-05 17:56||   2019-01-05 17:56|| Front Page Top

#18 He has also been a Fred-Link that drew eyes here. Something the source can't add. M. Murcek - you've drawn fire, Idiot
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-05 18:50||   2019-01-05 18:50|| Front Page Top

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