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2019-12-27 Home Front: WoT
Trump held private, enlisted-only Afghanistan war meetings – ‘No generals or officers, only enlisted guys that have been there'
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Posted by Frank G 2019-12-27 13:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 The WaPo will criticize this somehow, within 24 12 6 hours.
Posted by Raj 2019-12-27 14:37||   2019-12-27 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow, he really gets it.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-27 14:46||   2019-12-27 14:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Trump did not want to meet with higher ranking officers, instead choosing to meet with enlisted troops to get a more candid assessment of the America's longest-running war, Business Insider reported.

A dangerous man. He must be stopped at all costs.
Posted by Lex 2019-12-27 14:46||   2019-12-27 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Brass infuriated no doubt.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-27 15:26||   2019-12-27 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Navy SEALs Told Trump: ‘Nobody Knows What They’re Doing’ in Afghanistan
Posted by newc 2019-12-27 15:26||   2019-12-27 15:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Wait, do what? Damn wish I could have been at that one.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-12-27 15:26||   2019-12-27 15:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Rare. Very rare. Seldom do such civilian commanders come along.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-27 16:09||   2019-12-27 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Navy SEALs Told Trump: ‘Nobody Knows What They’re Doing’ in Afghanistan

Playing CIA whak-a-mole just like they have been doing for the past 18 years, and many years in Iraq before that. The US military is not in charge of that conflict, I can assure you.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-27 16:37||   2019-12-27 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 ...Will bet the house payment - especially in the USN - there's a wartime-level emergency effort to find out who these guys are.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-12-27 16:58||   2019-12-27 16:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Ask some e-4s and e-5s.
Posted by Ulash Snith2712 2019-12-27 19:32||   2019-12-27 19:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Why is this man laughing?
Posted by Ulash Snith2712 2019-12-27 19:33||   2019-12-27 19:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Back in the old days, the visiting IG would often do this. Wonder what changed.

Tom Watson - In Search of Excellence. Management by walking around.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-27 19:50||   2019-12-27 19:50|| Front Page Top

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