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Bin Laden raid commander resigns from Pentagon board after criticizing Pres. Trump
2018-09-15
[ABCNews] "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation," McRaven added in the op-ed.

"A good leader tries to embody the best qualities of his or her organization. A good leader sets the example for others to follow," McRaven wrote. "A good leader always puts the welfare of others before himself or herself. Your leadership, however, has shown little of these qualities."

"I can confirm that Admiral (ret) William H. McRaven resigned from the Defense Innovation Board, effective August 20, 2018," Heather Babb, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, told ABC News on Thursday. "The Department appreciates his service and contribution on the board."
"McRaven, you're relieved. And good riddance, you insubordinate SOB."
Posted by:KBK

#13  Wasn't this the guy that wanted to dredge Tampa Bay so he could park his "Admiral's barge" in MacDill dockage?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-09-15 18:44  

#12  I'm sure the new Army Futures Command will pick him up for his "leadership skills".
Snark of the day... but oh, wait !
Posted by: DooDahMan   2018-09-15 14:32  

#11  I got dibs on orbital death ray division. I've been calling for that a long time. The ability to explode people from orbit, the ones who irritate us, would give the world an incentive to listen very carefully when we speak.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2018-09-15 13:44  

#10  I call dibs on the Dept of Killer Robots.

Aren't the Sex Dolls a subsidiary research branch?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-09-15 12:29  

#9  If you actually wanted a Defense Innovation board to, like, innovate and stuff, you could prolly find a few worthy candidates here on the 'Burg. I call dibs on the Dept of Killer Robots.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-09-15 11:58  

#8  An arm of the Democrat Party:

McRaven becomes the third of the original announced members of the board to drop off. Amazon head Jeff Bezos, a frequent target from Trump, was announced as part of the DIB when it launched. However, the Post reported earlier this year that Bezos never actually took a seat on the board. And Cass Sunstein, a top adviser to President Barack Obama who had attended several meetings of the board early on, is also no long listed as part of the group on its website.

Posted by: Hupusing Claitch6798   2018-09-15 11:00  

#7  Another one of Baraq's boys, out on his keister. Buh bye.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-09-15 10:33  

#6  If you examine carefully Trump's tweets that so many pundits find objectionable and disgraceful, you will discover that he is answering even worse comments about him by the alleged victims of those tweets. He refuses to be insulted without retaliating, and that is what irks.
In the past republicans rarely commented upon being reviled and constant slander against them gave hostile politicians and their toadies in the press and entertainment world great influence on the gullible.
Think of Harry Reid repeating dozens of times that Romney didn't pay taxes.
Trump knows that it is the last and most publicized comment that people remember, and the press amplifying and repeating his tweets actually makes the tweets more influential and causes us to forget the original insult entirely, instead of being influenced by it.
Thus the press, in its hatred of Trump becomes his best propagandist.
Only his worst enemies care about his tweets and the rest of us have come to find them amusing and harmless.
Posted by: Daniel   2018-09-15 09:33  

#5  More on that Innovation board. From wiki:

The Defense Innovation Board is an organization set up in 2016 to bring the technological innovation and best practice of Silicon Valley to the U.S. Military.[2] The board will have up to a dozen members selected by the chair (Eric Schmidt) in consultation with the US Secretary of Defense.[3]

Ash Carter, US Secretary of Defense, announced that the board, modeled on the Defense Business Board would facilitate the Pentagon becoming more innovative and adaptive.[2]

Joshua Marcuse is the inaugural and current Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board.

The board traveled throughout the world during 2016 seeking innovative ideas from the servicemen involved in military operations to improve processes in use in all theaters of operation.

Yah, I'm sure they did, with open minds and hearts. Another Obama landmine.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-09-15 08:31  

#4  So I wondered what the heck the Defense Innovation Board was, and who was on it. I do not know a few of the people, but what I see stinks.

https://innovation.defense.gov/Members/

This looks like something we could do without.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-09-15 08:24  

#3  How did Trump "divide us as a nation" except by winning an election? His rhetoric has always been INCLUSIVE, it's the left that's gone bat-guano nuts with the divisive stuff.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-09-15 01:16  

#2  It might be a good idea for Trump to push out all the higher-ups that Obama allowed to get into those positions.
Posted by: Raj   2018-09-15 00:41  

#1  Anyone who gives a shit what foreigners think of us has no place in governing us.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-09-15 00:32  

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