Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President

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Before this gets written off by Trump supporters, you should realize this was written by Admiral William H. McRaven, Retired. Among his accomplishments is organizing and executing the operation that raided Bin Laden's compound. From what I can see, he is a man of honor and integrity who has stated, "I admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times."

Among his comments: "These men and women, of all political persuasions, have seen the assaults on our institutions: on the intelligence and law enforcement community, the State Department and the press. They have seen our leaders stand beside despots and strongmen, preferring their government narrative to our own. They have seen us abandon our allies and have heard the shouts of betrayal from the battlefield. As I stood on the parade field at Fort Bragg, one retired four-star general, grabbed my arm, shook me and shouted, “I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!”"

"If our promises are meaningless, how will our allies ever trust us? If we can’t have faith in our nation’s principles, why would the men and women of this nation join the military? And if they don’t join, who will protect us? If we are not the champions of the good and the right, then who will follow us? And if no one follows us — where will the world end up?

"President Trump seems to believe that these qualities are unimportant or show weakness. He is wrong. These are the virtues that have sustained this nation for the past 243 years. If we hope to continue to lead the world and inspire a new generation of young men and women to our cause, then we must embrace these values now more than ever."

As someone else who served and has seen many of the same things, I thought this was worth posting.
 

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Trump is busy
Making America Great Again.
Wish more realized that.
It's not an easy job.
And not all will be pleased.
M-Bob

That sounds so hollow M-Bob...
 
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Trump is busy
Making America Great Again.
Wish more realized that.
It's not an easy job.
And not all will be pleased.
M-Bob

I take it from your reply that you have no actual response to what the Admiral claimed, so you're forced to respond with rote cliches?
 
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Trump is busy
Making America Great Again.
Wish more realized that.
It's not an easy job.
And not all will be pleased.
M-Bob
Obviously "mountainmanbob" is only prepared to be a Trump cheerleader, he's not interested in holding this President accountable - which is at the core of any democracy!

Warren Harding, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce can all rest more peacefully in their graves, secure in the knowledge that they will no longer be under consideration for the dubious honor of America's worst President!
 
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It is inherently impossible for a President to be against or attack the Republic by the very nature of the people/republic electing the President. Unless, of course, it the President is a Democrat.
 
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I take it from your reply that you have no actual response to what the Admiral claimed, so you're forced to respond with rote cliches?

The Admiral claimed vague generalities. That's hard to refute.

He's also insubordinate, which I find more frightful than Trump.
 
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Before this gets written off by Trump supporters, you should realize this was written by Admiral William H. McRaven, Retired. Among his accomplishments is organizing and executing the operation that raided Bin Laden's compound. From what I can see, he is a man of honor and integrity who has stated, "I admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times."

Among his comments: "These men and women, of all political persuasions, have seen the assaults on our institutions: on the intelligence and law enforcement community, the State Department and the press. They have seen our leaders stand beside despots and strongmen, preferring their government narrative to our own. They have seen us abandon our allies and have heard the shouts of betrayal from the battlefield. As I stood on the parade field at Fort Bragg, one retired four-star general, grabbed my arm, shook me and shouted, “I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!”"

"If our promises are meaningless, how will our allies ever trust us? If we can’t have faith in our nation’s principles, why would the men and women of this nation join the military? And if they don’t join, who will protect us? If we are not the champions of the good and the right, then who will follow us? And if no one follows us — where will the world end up?

"President Trump seems to believe that these qualities are unimportant or show weakness. He is wrong. These are the virtues that have sustained this nation for the past 243 years. If we hope to continue to lead the world and inspire a new generation of young men and women to our cause, then we must embrace these values now more than ever."

As someone else who served and has seen many of the same things, I thought this was worth posting.
remember, the admiral worked for obama.
 
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remember, the admiral worked for obama.

And for Bush, though I'm not sure of the relevance. For that matter, I served under Reagan, though I was never a general (so didn't work directly with the President).
 
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Before this gets written off by Trump supporters, you should realize this was written by Admiral William H. McRaven, Retired.

Doesn't matter who it's written by! If the content of his comment is extreme than that's what it is. To say the Republic is under attack because the Commander and Chief makes a military decision which is his RIGHT to do there's nothing of the Republic under attack. The only thing that would be an attack of the Republic would be to take an illegal position of stopping the President to exercise his rights under the Constitution.

Among his accomplishments is organizing and executing the operation that raided Bin Laden's compound. From what I can see, he is a man of honor and integrity who has stated, "I admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times."

I get it. He was a part in a successful military endeavour. Great! He claims the President doesn't uphold the dignity of the office? Matter of opinion but even if so how is that an attack on the Republic.

As I stood on the parade field at Fort Bragg, one retired four-star general, grabbed my arm, shook me and shouted, “I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!”"

Just mere hyperbolic speech.

If we can’t have faith in our nation’s principles, why would the men and women of this nation join the military?

What is that man suggesting every President for the next 100 years MUST keep troops in the middle east? There can't ever be a change of the guard?
 
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What is that man suggesting every President for the next 100 years MUST keep troops in the middle east? There can't ever be a change of the guard?

I know we live in a 24 hour news cycle now, but why is it necessary for a President who has already been in office for 3 years to change foreign policy basically overnight and betray US allies in the process? If you want out of the Middle East (as many do on all sides) that could have been accomplished steadily and intelligently over his term, while ensuring US allies weren’t just left flapping in the breeze.
 
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During the negotiations with North Korea, Donald called off the "war games", and said it would save a lot of money.

So, I see that, possibly, part of his thinking has to do with the expense of military operations in the Middle East.

He seemed to claim to be a businessman, not a politician. And he ran on this, and got voted in.

Now we can see if people still want him who claims to be a businessman, in office.

And people can choose, at this time, if they please to join the military and discover what a person in power decides to do with them. The president, by the way, is Commander in Chief of the American military. He or she is at the top of the military chain of command.

To me, it looks like a number of American military actions have turned out to be done in a more or less messy way. But in some cases, not doing something could have been more messy, I suppose.

So . . . if you don't like Donald > and in case you feel he should stand up for someone > do you think he would do military action very well? Do you think he would stand up for other countries in a good way, if he decided he should do this? If he did what you say he should . . . how well do you suppose he would do it??
 
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he is a man of honor and integrity who has stated,

That’s your problem right there. If he has those qualities, he must be a ‘deep stater’. Alternative facts world has been gradually morphing into inverse reality world. Maybe you didn’t get the memo.
 
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