Barbarian observes:
It would be a remarkable thing for a moron to receive a master of arts degree from Harvard University in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies. Especially, if he happened to be pompous and arrogant.
Why would being both pompous and arrogant prevent one from receiving an education?
You need to read it more carefully. I pointed out that it would be a remarkable thing for a moron to get a master's degree from Harvard, especially if he was pompous and arrogant. Shouldn't be that hard to understand. It was coined to describe people with IQs of about 50 to 70. And of course, pompous and arrogant people tend to annoy others, which makes it even harder.
Your comment is probably just a matter of careless reading, as it makes no logical sense.
And at this point do you really not understand why the guy would have pursued Russian and Eastern European studies?
Since his father was a native Ukrainian,and he already knew Russian and Ukrainian languages, I thought that would be obvious. What do you think is mysterious about that? Don't you think it would be obvious?
Probably not, as like the vast majority of the worship-Trump crowd you haven't been paying any real attention to the process and events currently underway.
Anyone who ever actually served in the US Military knows exactly what kind of officer and what kind of man Vindman is.
It appears you are right:
During his Army career, Vindman earned the
Ranger Tab,
Combat Infantryman Badge,
Expert Infantryman Badge, and
Parachutist Badge, as well as four
Army Commendation Medals and two
Defense Meritorious Service Medals. And at least one Purple Heart for injuries in combat while serving in Iraq.
...
He was promoted to the rank of major in 2008,
[9] and to lieutenant colonel in September 2015.
Alexander Vindman - Wikipedia
You don't get promotions that quickly without exceptional OERs. So yes, it does appear that his fellow soldiers (including his commanders) know exactly the kind of man Vindman is.
And the difference between me and Vindman is when it was suggested I put in for the Purple Heart I turned it down, because although the initial cause of why I was there was a result of combat the injury I suffered was due to the fact I hit the ground wrong.
The vehicle in which Vindman was traveling got blown up by an
IED, injuring him. Which is different than falling on the ground. Perhaps you read the GQ story, in which they reported that he was injured by an
IUD, which would be far more likely in Trump's case than Vindman's.
A statement which proves you have no first hand knowledge of how the process actually works.
You have no idea... claiming military service is a common dodge on these message boards, but I assure you, I know what the process is. Even during the Vietnam unpleasantness, it was unusual to make LC that quickly. Unless you were a physician, in which case it was the reward you got for re-upping. Even pilots didn't get that kind of turn around.
You probably didn't know, but there are some statutory requirements for promotion to each rank up to 0-6, and a few additional ones for 0-7 and up. I can look them up for you, if you like.
As Gen. Mattis remarked, there are some of us who win their spurs on the battlefield, and others who purchase them from a doctor. Vindman was the former. But you're entitled to your preferences.
So now you are part of the clique, we are expected to believe?
Generally, veterans don't call it a "clique." Mattis might be a Marine, but he's a man of considerable credibility with those of us who served. He remains very popular with his fellow Marines.
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And this from a guy who asked us to believe when he was taking pictures at an airport and a police officer asked him what he was doing his first response was to tell her to wait.
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Yep. She was young, and a bit unsure of herself. But I wasn't going to give her a hard time...
From that forum:
Waiting for my wife's plane at Dallas Love Field, I stepped outside the terminal and using my cell phone tried to get a pano of the area. About the third shot, a police officer approached. I said, "I'm not being rude,but I have to finish this series of shots." (I was taking multiple images for a pano)
She waited patiently.
"So what can I do for you?"
She was concerned about terrorism. She was so earnest, I was unwilling to laugh, and I told her that I had been taking pictures at airports, including Love Field, for years, and no one ever had asked me about it.
"Well, with things the way they are..."
"Would you feel better if I showed you my ID?"
She would. So I did. She didn't write it down, perhaps beginning to realize that an old guy with a cell phone taking pictures of a building that surely has been photographed countless times, wasn't very likely to be a terrorist.
And then she walked away. Other than a rather slow security guard for the St. Louis metro line, it's never happened before.
And that she subsequently walked away feeling foolish
I suspect that she did. She was surely TCOLE certified, and if so, would have recently taken update training on photography in public places. I suspect that it clicked with her during our conversation, about the time I offered to show her my ID. (which in Texas, one is not obligated to do, unless lawfully arrested for a crime)
Oh, and here's another shot, which shows more of the actual airport operations:
This one, a DPD officer was not 10 yards away from me, and had no issues whatever. But he was older and clearly knew the law WRT such photography.