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Trump Attacks the Retired Admiral Who Took Down Osama Bin Laden
Trump Attacks the Retired Admiral Who Took Down Osama Bin Laden
President Trump fends off criticism with a simple tactic: He dismisses anyone who disagrees with him, often linking them to prominent Democrats. During an interview on Fox New Sunday, Chris Wallace asked the president about his portrayal of “the fake news media” as “the enemy of the American people.” Wallace tried to bring up a quote on that subject from retired Admiral William McRaven, the Navy SEAL and special operations commander who lead the operation that captured Osama bin Laden.
McRaven had warned last year that the demonization of a free press “may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.” Then in August, after Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a fierce critic, McRaven asked Trump to revoke his clearance so that he could join the ranks of those who have spoken out against Trump’s presidency
“He’s a Hillary Clinton backer and an Obama backer. Frankly, wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that?” The president complained that elements of the government in Pakistan, an ostensible U.S. ally, likely helped hide the terrorist leader within a mile of the national military academy. He used that common complaint to ask why the hunt for bin Laden took ten years after the 9/11 attacks, seeming to question McRaven’s competence. But the most damning thing, the reason to disregard anything McRaven said, was his alleged allegiance to Democrats.
In fact, the admiral never endorsed any presidential candidate in 2016, unlike many other retired military leaders who signed letters of support for Trump or Clinton.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Trump Attacks the Retired Admiral Who Took Down Osama Bin Laden
Well, doesn't it make sense? I mean if you don't back him all the world's and nation's ills come home to roost.
How about the fact that we don't rake the forests leads to forest fires. Then we have this: "The Senate gaining 2 seats is a far greater victory than losing 38 seats in the House".
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Re: Trump Attacks the Retired Admiral Who Took Down Osama Bin Laden
President Bone Spurs the draft dodging coward attacks a Rear Admiral Navy SEAL Special Operations Commander for not getting Osama Bin Ladin sooner. Think about that for a minute. Trump just doesn’t make any sense at all.
Osama Bin Laden Hunter Slams Trump Behavior As 'Greatest Threat To Our Democracy'
Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven lashed out at Donald Trump again Sunday, saying his behavior is the “greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime” after the president criticized McRaven for failing to bring Osama bin Laden to justice sooner.
Trump disdainfully dismissed earlier criticism from McRaven, who oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL mission that killed bin Laden, when Chris Wallace questioned him about it in an interview that aired earlier in the day on “Fox News Sunday.”
“Hillary Clinton fan,” Trump snapped, cutting off Wallace. “He’s a Hillary Clinton backer and an Obama-backer, and frankly ... wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that?”
An angry McRaven responded on CNN: “I did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else. I am a fan of President Obama and President George W. Bush, both of whom I worked for. I admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring the nation together.”
He added that he stood by his comments in a speech early last year at the University of Texas in Austin, noting Sunday that the “president’s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. When you undermine the people’s right to a free press and freedom of speech and expression, then you threaten the Constitution and all for which it stands.”
In an interview on CNN Sunday, retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling characterized McRaven as an “unbelievable patriot” and a “true servant” of the Constitution.
Asked about Trump’s comments on McRaven, Hertling responded: “Having someone like the president of the United States, a man that holds an office that’s supposed to represent all people and who says he supports the military, to just dismiss this great American hero as a guy who was a Hillary Clinton lover — which is patently not true — is just really disgusting. But it’s just another day in the life of the Trump administration I guess.”
Hertling also slammed Trump’s failure to honor veterans at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.
“It’s a factor of leadership,” he said. “Leaders know what to do, where to be, what things to say. And in all three of those things, I think the president is currently a failure.”
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President Bone Spurs needs to just shut his damn mouth.
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