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1. Pompeo is right about Trump on this point.

2. The Republican Party completely shredded its credibility on all matters related to Federal fiscal policy after 2000 when our national debt nearly doubled during the GWB administration, and when Congress never stopped pissing away trillions of dollars at any time when it was controlled by the GOP.

I agree with you.

I could dig what Trump was doing on a LOT of things, but I never came away with the distinct impression that he was a fiscal conservative during those four years.

We will never stop this out of control spending until we get a balanced budget amendment, and we will never get a balanced budget amendment.

I think Pompeo deserves a bit more respect, if only for his 5 years on active duty, as well as graduating first in his class at West Point. I had my share of run ins with “ring knockers” during my 8 years on active duty, but the vast majority were good officers.

Being a Cav officer near the Iron Curtain had to have its share of challenging situations. I had it made by comparison: my battalion’s mission was air base defense for Hahn, Bitburg, and Spangdahlem air bases. My soldiers spent very little time in the field, and ate them n AF dining facilities.

The only time I had field duty was during Army alerts and evaluations. During AF alerts, I was in the Hahn AB Wing CP for the duration of the alert, usually 4 days.

I was one of just two officers with a TS clearance, the battery commander was the other. I was 23-24 at the time, all nighters were no problem.

I preferred Army evaluations, I was in my element as a Platoon Leader or XO. AF alerts were mostly boring, except when there was an NBC input, when I would be summoned to the “Eagles Nest”, to offer my recommendation on how the Wing Cdr should respond. Why I was called, instead of the Wing Disaster Preparedness Officer, is a story interesting to myself.