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2020-02-14 Home Front: Politix

Alexander Vindman Did Nothing Wrong, Reported ‘Illegal Order' so sez fired Former WH Chief of Staff John Kelly:

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-14 01:21|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Kelly said that Vindman was rightly disturbed by the call and said Vindman properly notified his superiors...

Except he didn't "notify his seniors."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-14 01:25|| 2020-02-14 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 These arseholes just won't quit, will they?

Clue: IT'S OVER. HE'S GOING TO BE RE-ELECTED. HE'S CLEANING HOUSE NOW.

So why don't you go play with my arab friend, FOAD.

Posted by Lex 2020-02-14 01:28|| 2020-02-14 01:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Harvard, Yale, or West Point - they're all the same, "we know best", aren't they?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-14 02:45|| 2020-02-14 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 The whole situation in a nutshell.

Posted by Crerese Slalet3053 2020-02-14 06:19|| 2020-02-14 06:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Except Vindman isn't the "whistleblower". And there was no "illegal order" -- there was a phone call between heads of state.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-02-14 08:08|| 2020-02-14 08:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Ref #5: The Vindman's are 'stay behind' assets of the Deep State.

"Never trust an Arab. Never trust a Russian."
~ author unknown

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-14 08:11|| 2020-02-14 08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 He became an agent for enemies attempting to remove the legitimately elected government of the USA over something that according to his own testimony he did not hear (that is quid-pro-quo).

He should have been fired for being an idiot at the very least. Treated as a traitor for joining an administrative coup.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-02-14 09:39|| 2020-02-14 09:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Kelly got his feelings hurt.

POS

Posted by Woodrow 2020-02-14 10:13|| 2020-02-14 10:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks like a lot of them have gotten their 'feelings hurt' by the Orange Man. I hope theirs a few more before his tour is up.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-14 10:20|| 2020-02-14 10:20|| Front Page Top

#10 properly notified his superiors, despite him not going to his direct superiors but instead going to the NSC general counsel and likely sharing his concerns with the "whistleblower,"
'Properly' and 'despite' seem like a contradiction, even IF there had been an illegal order.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-02-14 10:43|| 2020-02-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Kelly got his feelings hurt.

Butthurt, huh? Prexident Butt-gig could help him "work that out..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-14 10:48|| 2020-02-14 10:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Would be great to see Trump meet Putin immediately after Inauguration in 2021 and hand over the entire DOD / DoS Ukraine lobby en mass.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-14 14:45|| 2020-02-14 14:45|| Front Page Top

#13 What #7 rjschwarz said.

Vindman's ego got in the middle of things. He disagreed with Trump's policy and decided to try to make a BFD out of it. If he doesn't get cashiered out of the military, he ought to be reassigned to the coldest part of Alaska monitoring the pipeline by himself. Vindman is basically a pogue getting in the way of POTUS' legit dealings with another head of state.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-02-14 16:27|| 2020-02-14 16:27|| Front Page Top

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