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2020-02-07 Government
Last Refuge Update: Lt. Col. Sausage May Soon Be Removed From White House…
Time to weed the garden
[Last Refuge] According to Jennifer Jacobs at Bloomberg News the Vindman weasel may soon be removed from the National Security Council. Hopefully a full damage assessment has been conducted in the wake of the national security damage Vindman has created.

As would be expected from modern media the Bloomberg article is written to emphasize their ideological position that President Donald Trump, the head of the Executive Branch, should not be allowed to select the people who provide him advice and counsel:

Bloomberg ‐ The White House is weighing a plan to dismiss Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council after he testified in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, preparing to position the move as part of a broader effort to shrink the foreign policy bureaucracy, two people familiar with the matter said.

[...] Senior officials were informed on Thursday that some staff would be leaving the White House, the people added. The moves have been in the works since at least last week and could come as soon as Friday.

The departure of Vindman could trigger objections from Democrats and possibly some Republicans. Those concerns could mount if the Trump administration acts against additional government officials.

When we consider that Lt. Col. Vindman was carrying out what he believed to be his role; and when you overlay his military purpose; and when we accept Vindman was assisting CIA agent Eric Ciaramella in constructing his dossier to remove President Trump; and when we stand back and look at the aggregate interests involved; and when we consider there was ZERO push-back from the ranks of military leadership, specifically the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and when you accept Vindman was simply allowed to return to his post inside the White House ‐ where he remains today; well, the alarming aspect increases in direct proportion to the definition of the word: "coup".

Beyond the debate about the optics of the "coup", within the testimony of Lt. Col Vindman, the NSC witness readily admits to understanding the officially established policy of the President of The United States (an agreement between President Trump and President Zelenskyy), and stunningly admits that two weeks later he was giving countermanding instructions to his Ukrainian counterpart to ignore President Trump’s policies.

The coup against President Donald Trump went from soft, to hard.
Posted by Frank G 2020-02-07 06:42|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

#1 Sorry, B, didn't see you already posted the Bloomberg article
Posted by Frank G 2020-02-07 07:01||   2020-02-07 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 No problem Frank. I like your graphic selection and the 'in-line' gardening comment much better. We'll just call it a 'Last Refuge Update' and see if it passes editorial staff muster.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-07 07:04||   2020-02-07 07:04|| Front Page Top

#3 It'd be funny to see Ukraine go after Vindman, Ciaramella and Yanukovich in court for damaging the US-Ukraine relationship.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-07 07:26||   2020-02-07 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4  and see if it passes editorial staff muster.

Moved both to Government on Page 6: Seedy Politics, so the two articles can be compared side by side. Had one not had comments, it could have been stacked with the other.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-07 08:37||   2020-02-07 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 State Department Defense Attache liaison officer to the Wuhan City Central Hospital ?
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-07 09:52||   2020-02-07 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 To balance his firing Whitehouse should fire his twin Brother on the same day. Send them back to Ukraine I hear there are openings at Birishma.
Posted by Airandee 2020-02-07 09:53||   2020-02-07 09:53|| Front Page Top

#7 ...Those concerns could mount if the Trump administration acts against additional government officials...

....LTC Fatboy IS NOT A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. He is an officer in the United States Army, and he serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States.

'Decorated combat hero'? No prob - send him someplace where his talents and knowledge will be useful, doesn't have to be a combat assignment. But get him the hell away from the White House.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-02-07 09:55||   2020-02-07 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 We moved every three years or less. You are only guaranteed one year at any assignment because its expensive to move more frequently, other than operational necessities driven by skills. BTW, has he had his short tour assignment to Korea yet?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-07 10:01||   2020-02-07 10:01|| Front Page Top

#9 "You f*(ked up, Flounder - you trusted us!"
Posted by Raj 2020-02-07 10:03||   2020-02-07 10:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Why is Vindman not off the security council already?
Posted by Chris 2020-02-07 10:40||   2020-02-07 10:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Ref #10: Why is Vindman not off the security council already?

My guess, and only a guess, perhaps his activities and contacts are being monitored very closely.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-07 10:46||   2020-02-07 10:46|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ This. Enemies closer etc
Posted by Lex 2020-02-07 11:04||   2020-02-07 11:04|| Front Page Top

#13 He's out.
Posted by KBK 2020-02-07 16:05||   2020-02-07 16:05|| Front Page Top

#14 If he's an active duty military officer, then he needs to get charged for leaking classified information and conduct unbecoming. Then throw his butt in Leavenworth, general pop.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-02-07 16:15||   2020-02-07 16:15|| Front Page Top

#15  Not fast enough but now he can accept the offer to be Ukraine Defense Minister. Freakin Quisling.
Posted by Jack Salami 2020-02-07 16:33||   2020-02-07 16:33|| Front Page Top

#16 BREAKING: Trump Administration Removes Alexander Vindman’s Brother, Yevgeny Vindman
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-02-07 20:22||   2020-02-07 20:22|| Front Page Top

#17 A-a-a-a-a-a-and he's gone (also): Gordon Sondland Fired
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-02-07 21:01||   2020-02-07 21:01|| Front Page Top

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