Posted on 03/13/2015 2:42:28 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
The open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by 47 senators and instigated by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was a stunning breach of protocol. One so outrageous that my former colleagues at the New York Daily News dubbed the signers “traitors.” While it is indeed a slap in the face of President Obama and an affront to the presidency, I’m not sure I would go that far, especially since Cotton is an Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. So, I turned to retired Major Gen. Paul D. Eaton for perspective. He wouldn’t say Cotton and Co. were “traitors,” either. He had a better word.
“I would use the word mutinous,” said Eaton, whose long career includes training Iraqi forces from 2003 to 2004. He is now a senior adviser to VoteVets.org. “I do not believe these senators were trying to sell out America. I do believe they defied the chain of command in what could be construed as an illegal act.” Eaton certainly had stern words for Cotton.
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Well, how would he describe Barack Obama. Patriot? Please.
Jonathan Craphead
Eaton ain’t Cheatin”.....words of “wizzdom from Bill Clinton”.....Eaton sounds like a TRUE LIBERAL DUMBASS.
I would use the word a-hole to describe Eaton.
Jonathan GAYBOY.
“VoteVets.org is organized as a non-partisan political action committee (PAC) and non-profit 501(c)(4) status in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5] It was co-founded in 2006 by Jon Soltz and Jeremy Broussard.
Although organized as nonpartisan, it has been described as “partisan”, “closely aligned with Congressional Democrats,” and “liberal” in news stories.[8][9][10] In a June 2011 press release, the organization specifically identified itself as the “largest progressive group of veterans in America.”[11]”
Coming from a military guy that understood the seniority of the military (with the President as the commander in chief) I can see his viewpoint.
I’m not a legal expert, but the Senate is not under that same framework.
F him. The Senate is not in his precious "chain of command".
Everyone around here knows the rest...
Obama is the traitor!
“I would use the word mutinous,”
Really?
Does this general really think that Preezy is the captain and Congress is his crew?
How stupid can a General be? Now we know. Rather than a co equal branch of government Congress is now somewhere in the CofC. Good Lord.
Hey, General Eaton. You take orders from us. We don’t take orders from you. Now go back to feeding at the public trough.
I would be interested to see how he draws up the chain of command for the United States. Does he think the legislature is subordinate to the president?
FPE
We need their names so when they run as veterans no one thinks they are conservative just because they are veterans. One former Marine I worked with was a die hard union liberal.
You can’t commit mutiny when you don’t report to the idiots in charge.
“Major General Paul D. Eaton is a retired United States Army General most known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
These are, of course, the Iraqi troops that strangled ISIS in its cradle, thereby helping to create the safe and modern Iraq some have dubbed the South Korea of the Middle East. Mission accomplished, indeed.
>>“I do not believe these senators were trying to sell out America. I do believe they defied the chain of command in what could be construed as an illegal act.” <<
Yet another ignoramus who thinks that Congress REPORTS to POTUS.
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