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2020-06-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Sounds Off On Trump: ‘I Cannot Remain Silent'
[Huffpoo] Mike Mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, wrote in The Atlantic on Tuesday that he "cannot remain silent" about President Donald Trump any longer.

"It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel — including members of the National Guard — forcibly and violently clear a path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the president’s visit outside St. John’s Church," he wrote.
They slammed President Trump for being silent and unseen during this crisis, though mostly it was that they did not show him or report his words, then slammed him when he went out in a way they could not ignore. How dare he pollute with his evil presence the church that had been firebombed near the White House, or touch a bible, God’s holy word!
On Monday, Trump threatened to send U.S. troops into American cities to deal with civil unrest in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, last week. After the president spoke, police forced peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Square near the White House so he could walk to the church for a photo op.

Mullen, who served as chairman under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, called the photo op a "stunt" that did little good:
"Whatever Trump’s goal in conducting his visit, he laid bare his disdain for the rights of peaceful protest in this country, gave succor to the leaders of other countries who take comfort in our domestic strife and risked further politicizing the men and women of our armed forces."

The retired four-star Navy admiral said armed forces would obey lawful orders.

"But I am less confident in the soundness of the orders they will be given by this commander in chief," Mullen wrote. "And I am not convinced that the conditions on our streets, as bad as they are, have risen to the level that justifies a heavy reliance on military troops."
So basically he's saying POTUS' orders may not be lawful and in his opinion, should not be obeyed. Nicely done admiral, very nicely done.
Mullen noted that American neighborhoods are our homes ― not "battle spaces," as Defense Secretary Mark Esper described them over the weekend.

"Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so," Mullen wrote.

Read his full essay here.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-03 11:53|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
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#1 Mullen noted that American neighborhoods are our homes ― not "battle spaces," as Defense Secretary Mark Esper described them over the weekend.

Tell that to the dead and wounded Admiral, and thank you for watering the seeds of mutiny and military overthrow.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-03 11:59||   2020-06-03 11:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Must be a pretty good joint...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-03 12:18||   2020-06-03 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 "Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so," Mullen wrote.

Not all of them, but some are.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-03 12:41||   2020-06-03 12:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Way to take whatever honor and dignity of your career and flush it down the toilet. Obviously you were never a loyal American, merely a mercenary in the employ of the Deep State and their traitorous enablers.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-06-03 13:00||   2020-06-03 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember Admiral Mullen. He's the guy who wanted to let Iran have nukes.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-03 13:23||   2020-06-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 "Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so,"

Sort of missed that big event from 1861 to 1865 hasn't he? /rhet question
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-03 13:43||   2020-06-03 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Argument for compulsory euthanization upon retirement from gummint goes up again.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-03 14:18||   2020-06-03 14:18|| Front Page Top

#8 People who want to burn my business and / or kill me are not my fellow citizens.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-03 14:20||   2020-06-03 14:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Park Police already took credit for the incident, no tear gas was used, and the clearing of the area had nothing to do with Trump.

So Mike Mullen just accepts media spin and lies after three years of media spin and 8 years of spin and lies while W was in command? He is a total moron.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-03 14:42||   2020-06-03 14:42|| Front Page Top

#10 No, he's a lying partisan Dem hack
Posted by Frank G 2020-06-03 14:50||   2020-06-03 14:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Pentagon just caved and pulled back it's forces
Soros seems to own a lot.
Posted by 3dc 2020-06-03 17:14||   2020-06-03 17:14|| Front Page Top

#12 You'd think Mullen would have a clear understanding of POTUS duties under the Constitution but then again Mullen is not President, is he?
Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-03 17:40||   2020-06-03 17:40|| Front Page Top

#13  "I cannot remain silent"

One of many things that the overclass and teenaged girls have in common.
Posted by charger 2020-06-03 19:07||   2020-06-03 19:07|| Front Page Top

#14 The Pentagon is pushing back on reports that active-duty troops are being pulled out of the Washington, D.C., area amid widespread protests over the death of George Floyd.

According to a spokesman for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, “all Title 10 active-duty forces remain in the National Capital Region.” The comment refers to the 1,600 active-duty military police from Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Drum, N.Y., and a battalion from the 82nd Airborne, also out of Fort Bragg, who have been staged outside D.C. at Andrews Air Force Base and Fort Belvoir. - cite
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-03 19:09||   2020-06-03 19:09|| Front Page Top

#15 Apparently Mad Dog is living up to his name
Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-03 19:50||   2020-06-03 19:50|| Front Page Top

#16 MD today:

Instructionsgiven by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that "The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.' Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.'"

Except, er, the brownshirts are homegrown, and these violent anarchists garbed in black are now driving a violent insurrection. It is not a righteous movement for justice and national unity.

The enemy is BLM-Antifa. It is they who are tearing this country apart.

Please open your eyes, General, and focus on the real target here. It's not OrangeMan.
Posted by Lex 2020-06-03 20:15||   2020-06-03 20:15|| Front Page Top

#17 nstructionsgiven by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that "The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.' Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.'"

Gosh, if only someone had told Lincoln that, we could have avoided a big mess.
Posted by charger 2020-06-03 20:23||   2020-06-03 20:23|| Front Page Top

#18 #15 Apparently Mad Dog is living up to his name

Your heroes have feet of clay, conservatives.

Posted by charger 2020-06-03 20:24||   2020-06-03 20:24|| Front Page Top

#19 Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us.

Apparently, General Mattis slept thru the Obama years.
Pity, it's always painful when people you admire say stupid things.
Posted by SteveS 2020-06-03 20:36||   2020-06-03 20:36|| Front Page Top

#20 Your heroes have feet of clay, conservatives.

Put not your faith in (perfumed) princes, nor in the son of man.
Posted by SteveS 2020-06-03 20:39||   2020-06-03 20:39|| Front Page Top

#21 Mattis didn't sleep through the Obama years, he enjoyed them, just like all flag officers, and the FBI management.
Posted by Thraviper Angusose1878 2020-06-03 20:41||   2020-06-03 20:41|| Front Page Top

#22  Your heroes have feet of clay, conservatives.

All heroes have feet of clay, being human. Conservatives, more than anyone, should understand this.

And that thing SteveS said about perfumed princes, too.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-03 20:59||   2020-06-03 20:59|| Front Page Top

#23 All heroes have feet of clay, being human. Conservatives, more than anyone, should understand this.


Agreed, which makes me wonder why so many of them fall into that trap.

I seem to remember a lot of Nikki Haley enthusiasm (even around here) despite plenty of red flags (so to speak).
Posted by charger 2020-06-03 21:04||   2020-06-03 21:04|| Front Page Top

#24 What I don't get is generals fooled by the duplicity of the media. That's two today. They should know the media lies. They should now the President doesn't directly order things like crowd clearing. They should know it was the Park Police and not even secret service. Inexcusable ignorance.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-03 21:35||   2020-06-03 21:35|| Front Page Top

#25 Is it ignorance?
Posted by charger 2020-06-03 21:41||   2020-06-03 21:41|| Front Page Top

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