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Pentagon Officers: We Quit if Trump Wins
The Daily Beast ^ | 12/16/15 | Nancy A. Youssef

Posted on 12/17/2015 9:08:34 AM PST by mrbinga

The plans of the next president are personal to the officers of the Pentagon, who are threatening to quit if The Donald becomes commander-in-chief.

Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to build up the U.S. military if elected president.

But it is not clear he will have the experienced commanders within the ranks to do it.

In the halls of the Pentagon, there is a different plan afoot for the Trump presidency. Here, officers are privately contemplating what they would do should Trump become their commander-in-chief. And more often than not, they proclaim they will leave.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: defense; democrat; dod; elections; homos; immigration; nancyyoussef; nationaldefense; obamaflunkies; obamasfault; pentagon; poofters; trump; trumpwasright; usmilitary
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To: NormsRevenge

“Like Obammy hasn’t decimated the ranks of command already..”.......

Think about it, those who are threating to quit are more than likely the ones who favor odumbo’s policies anyway. They obviously “dodged the bullet” when odumbo went about purging the GOOD officers.

There may be a few who would quit but I doubt there would be a mass exodus. Think too, about the potential for promotions once the chicken-shit “cowards” have left the coop.


81 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:03 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: mrbinga

We all make choices in life.

Some choose wisely, some do not.

If what is reported is true, then I believe these officers have chosen unwisely.


82 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:03 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I think it would be ironic if Hillary was arrested the day after she secures the nomination.)
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To: BeadCounter

With THIS pentagon??

Have you even NOTICED recent history??

Please—just don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your (welcome and EAGERY ANTICIPATED) way out.


83 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:05 AM PST by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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To: BeadCounter

Time for WE THE PEOPLE to call their bluff, and remind them who they are really working for.


84 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:06 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: mrbinga

But they are okay with Bernie Sanders?


85 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:06 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: mrbinga

Obama transforming America into a weak and cowardly nation. Since that is a prefect description of himself then that is exactly what we have, handpicked leaders that would rather sit on their flat asses then actually defend America.

I get more disgusted with this country as it stands every day.


86 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:07 AM PST by JayAr36 (How much more corruption will we willing to take from the Washington???????)
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To: BeadCounter
Strange they should think this way,

They think this way because they are serious people who put their country first, not self-obsessed blowhards whoring for fame like Donald Trump.

For the past seven years they have dealt with a Commander in Chief who disrespected and disdained to even use this powerful weapon to its best potential.

They have worked hard to preserve their effectiveness, and do not want to now be misused by another idiot.

You're not going to find many field officers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan with any love for this clown.

87 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:35 AM PST by wideawake
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To: mrbinga

This is complete BS. How many of them? What percent? Just rumour mongering, total BS, the Daily Beast hates Trump, so I find this not believable. And just for the record, I am not a huge fan of Trumps, but I call BS when I see it.


88 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:39 AM PST by Paradox (Not on the Trump Bandwagon, but I do enjoy the show.)
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To: BeadCounter

Think about who has been in power for the last eight years.

Also think about who published this.


89 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:52 AM PST by redgolum
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To: TADSLOS

They are going for their amazingly FAT pensions!


90 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:57 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: mrbinga

Apparently there is no place to leave comments on this article at the POS site.


91 posted on 12/17/2015 9:18:57 AM PST by austinaero
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To: mrbinga

Anyone worth his (PC ignored - meaning females are included) salt that stayed beyond being able to retire when the islamo-communist homosexual sock puppet was nominally in charge is not a person who took their oath seriously.

GOOD RIDDANCE!


92 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:03 AM PST by plsjr (<>< Mankind "knows" by trial and error; Only the CREATOR really knows His creation.)
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To: paladinan
Oh no, no, no...the military commanders want a strong commander and chief like Obama! Obama is a well known brilliant mind three steps ahead of the entire world when it comes to foreign policy. The only logical step is to hand it off to the only other capable person on the planet and that's Hillary. Only the Dems know what to do, with precision and accuracy never seen before on the world stage.
93 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:21 AM PST by corlorde (Merry Christmas!)
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To: mrbinga

Get out before they are charged with treason is more like it. Crappy Obama appointees.

Can’t happen soon enough.


94 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:24 AM PST by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

+1


95 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:26 AM PST by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: chris37

Imagine what sort of a person you would have to be to get a third or fourth star from Obama.

Trump may have to reach down to O5 to staff the Pentagon, and that might be a good thing.


96 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:29 AM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: Reno89519

“They want to quit...”

...and maybe Mr. Trump would replace them with Americans.

IMHO


97 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:30 AM PST by ripley
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To: mrbinga
Great, they are the kind of military personnel that this country should be prosecuting for capitulating to this traitor POS in the WH. I pray that Trump goes to the WH and when he gets there that he cleans out the criminal scum in our military and in DC and that he reinstates those patriotic military commanders that the obozo has fired.
98 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:33 AM PST by drypowder
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To: mrbinga

These time-servers should quit now.


99 posted on 12/17/2015 9:19:37 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: Gaffer; All

“More than likely, they are Obama brainwashed traitors. He’s had 7 years to weed out high ranking patriots. What’s likely left are sycophants and traitors, IMO.”

WINNER


100 posted on 12/17/2015 9:20:24 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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