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2020-05-11 Home Front: Politix
Lt. Col Sausage = Another liar: Transcripts show Vindman, too, said one thing in public and another thing under oath
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Posted by Frank G 2020-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 "Mr. Straight Arrow" ....yes of course, straight out of Klingon central casting. Alex, be sure to wear your uniform. You do still have it right? If not, or the jacket no longer fits, please get over to Belvoir and get a new one. You must appear in uniform.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-11 01:02||   2020-05-11 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 More like "Mr. Beach Ball".
Posted by Raj 2020-05-11 06:48||   2020-05-11 06:48|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 I'm pretty sure that's not how you spell 'costume'.
Posted by Cesare 2020-05-11 07:17||   2020-05-11 07:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Does testifying before Congress provide these lying bastards with immunity from prosecution for perjury?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-11 07:36||   2020-05-11 07:36|| Front Page Top

#5 See that raised right hand in the picture? He's not waving
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-11 07:57||   2020-05-11 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Busted
Posted by Lex 2020-05-11 08:01||   2020-05-11 08:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Why do you think the demoncrats had the secret testimony of all these people?
Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-11 08:35||   2020-05-11 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 See that raised right hand in the picture?

Pledging to testify truthfully to a dem run congressional committee? A mere formality...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-11 08:42||   2020-05-11 08:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Brother Bluto ! Brother D-Day!
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-05-11 09:47||   2020-05-11 09:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Wouldn't doing that be considered a court marshal offense? I'm pretty sure lying to the public for personal gain in the military is fairly big nono.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-05-11 11:55||   2020-05-11 11:55|| Front Page Top

#11 If I said how I felt about this POS, TW would delete it and send me a "Dear Pan" note. He embarrassed the officer corps and he set back the trust between agencies 20 years.
Posted by 49 Pan 2020-05-11 11:57||   2020-05-11 11:57|| Front Page Top

#12 /\ You are not alone. My guess is he left the Army many years ago.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-11 12:24||   2020-05-11 12:24|| Front Page Top

#13 He was promoted to the rank of major in 2008,and to lieutenant colonel in September 2015. Wikipedia says he's still in the Army, but Beginning in 2008, Vindman became a Foreign Area Officer specializing in Eurasia.
Posted by Bobby 2020-05-11 14:08||   2020-05-11 14:08|| Front Page Top

#14 Wearing that C.I.B. pisses a lot of grunts off.
Posted by bman 2020-05-11 15:50||   2020-05-11 15:50|| Front Page Top

#15 Ref #13: Yes, he became a Foreign Area Officer or FAO. Working out of US Embassies, wearing civilian attire, carrying a black passport (official cover). He'd been "sheep dipped"...no longer part of the big green army.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-11 16:23||   2020-05-11 16:23|| Front Page Top

#16 RE: CIB - You need to be assigned to an infantry unit, performing duties of an infantry billet, and come under fire.

You can be sitting at a desk on your FOB and get it because the bad guys fired in a rocket or mortar round near you, as long as you are an infantryman assigned to an infantry unit in a combat zone.

He got his purple heart from an IED that hit his convoy at the beginning of his only deployment, which would also account for the CIB. His wound was minor enough that he served 11 more months in Iraq after being wounded.

his testimony boiled down to the fact that he didn’t like the President actually making foreign policy decisions and that his panties were in a wad because the President ignored his advice. He offered nothing of value as far as an impeachable offenses go and really had no first hand knowledge of anything.

What Vindman did do was illegally share information classified at a very high level with Eric Ciaramella.

Vindman was insubordinate, ignored chain of command, leaked, and lied to Congress about not knowing who the whistleblower is, when he clearly knew because he was the whistleblower's primary source.

Courts martial should be convened on him: UCMJ Articles 90, 92, 133 and 134 are a good start.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-11 18:43||   2020-05-11 18:43|| Front Page Top

#17 Courts martial should be convened on him: UCMJ Articles 90, 92, 133 and 134 are a good start.

Kick him outta his bed Nov 4th at 4AM
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-11 19:26||   2020-05-11 19:26|| Front Page Top

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