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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Trump's furious Situation Room row with his top general is LEAKED: Chairman of joint chiefs reprimanded him on Syria - so the president demanded immediate pull-out
2018-04-09
[Mail] President Donald Trump is facing an astonishing leak of a confrontation in the Situation Room with his most senior military commander and another leak of talks with the CIA.

He and Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, clashed over what to do about Syria in the White House's most secret and guarded area.

Five officials brief the Associated Press on that happened as Gen Dunford told him his approach was 'unproductive' and demanded that he issue 'specific instructions' on how to proceed.

And the Washington Post detailed how Trump demanded of its head of drone operations - an official whose name is a secret - why operators had waited until a terrorist had left his family's home before killing him.

The two leaks will serve to increase tensions in Washington over Syria.
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Remember Peter "Tailwind" Arnett's bogus, or deliberately misinterpreted quotation of a un-named Army officer: "It became necessary to destroy the village to save it...?"
Or, "Fake but accurate" by Dan Rather?
Posted by: magpie   2018-04-09 17:08  

#6  Deep State in full on war against Trump right now.

Yep, going after Cohen (raiding his office today) clearly illustrates their desperation.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-09 17:03  

#5  Deep State in full on war against Trump right now. He tried to pull out of Syria and they're super pissed about it.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-04-09 16:58  

#4  Yeah... I'm throwing the BS flag on that one.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-04-09 15:15  

#3  I'm thinking this is more fake news and bull crap thrown against the wall by the deep state.

Anything to make Trump look incompetent.

Of course, I kinda wonder why they wait to launch the drone zap myself...that would send a message with an exclamation point.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-04-09 15:07  

#2  "At a separate meeting he watched CIA footage of a terrorist being killed and demanded to know why his family wasn't taken out too" this line makes me doubt the entire article.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-09 12:14  

#1  Jacksonian. Don't fight wars, but if you have to, win it. Play fair, but if the other guys don't, all restraints are off.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-04-09 11:42  

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