General Mattis: A must read for patriotic Americans.
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Mattis finally speaks out and says Trump is in violation of the Constitution and unfit to serve.
You might want to beef up your title/subject line so the pricks won't miss it.
You might want to beef up your title/subject line so the pricks won't miss it.
Mattis compares Trump to Nazis.
Instructions given 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.’” We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.
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. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.
Instructions given 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.’” We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.
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. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.
I'm not sure how to change the title.
Something's amiss. There used to be an icon in the upper right hand corner, a drop down I think, where you could redo the subject line. So never mind. My money's on someone else posting about this, too.
Trump just called Mattis "the world's most overrated general".
lol, he is such a child, and so predictable.
Corruptbuddha
Governor
Mattis is living in the 50's. It's all well and good to call for unity, but that's a feature of our system that no longer exists and hasn't for 60 years. I also notice that he's saying Trump is a 'danger to the Constitution' but doesn't cite anything that Trump has done which is in actual violation of it.
Mattis' America, a united America, doesn't exist. And never will exist again.
Mattis' America, a united America, doesn't exist. And never will exist again.
Police chief compares Trump to Forrest Gump....
Keep your mouth shut if you can't be constructive.....
How predictable...if you criticize the president you should expect Trump Defense Syndrome to take over. Trump's suggestion to use active duty military is hardly according to the constitution.
Corruptbuddha
Governor
Which part of the Constitution?
this is odd stuff..
should the president use the military? no. has he invoked the insurrection act? doesnt seem so.
Officials Discuss Return of Troops From Washington as Administration Mulls a Military Response
Some of the 1,600 active duty military troops awaiting a possible deployment into the streets of Washington D.C. were poised to return home Wednesday as Trump administration officials debated whether to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act.
www.wsj.com
‘Outraged’: Trump faces condemnation for clearing protesters, threatening military force
Meanwhile, local and state leaders objected to the commander in chief’s push to deploy troops to their communities.
www.politico.com
it is an untruth that the law prohibits the action.
this is not an expression of support for the action.
law enforcement is the way, but there has been a lot of inaction.
people have rights.
all of them. not just some of them. the right to peaceably protest is EQUAL to the right to be safe in ones home and community.
reason10
Governor
The part requiring the President to uphold the laws of the nation. Posse Comitatus is still in force. To violate it would be to abrogate his oath of office.
Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Mattis resigned as head of the Central Command in 2013. He was not fired.
Mattis resigned as Sec Def
Defense Secretary James Mattis' resignation letter
President Trump on Thursday announced that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring in February. Read Mattis' full letter here.
Read his statement and deal with the words.
More military weigh in supporting Mattis' position.
And another.
SecArmy ✔ @SecArmy
https://twitter.com/SecArmy/status/1268505193139916800
Every Soldier and Department of the Army Civilian swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution. That includes the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. @USArmy @USNationalGuard
7:29 AM - Jun 4, 2020
SecArmy ✔ @SecArmy
https://twitter.com/SecArmy/status/1268505193139916800
Every Soldier and Department of the Army Civilian swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution. That includes the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. @USArmy @USNationalGuard
7:29 AM - Jun 4, 2020
Trump defense syndrome is strong in this one....eh?
Mattis strongly objected to this policy change. In a very forceful, direct, and eloquent letter, Mattis resigned effective February 28, 2019. When the letter became widely known, Trump notified Mattis that his resignation would instead become effective January 1.
In other words, Trump fired him.
Hilarious....that you'd turn his resignation into being fired...in essence Trump just changed the date so that he could claim some kind of childish moral victory.
