Posted on 11/23/2019 4:26:37 PM PST by jazusamo
Yea, I agree. The SEAL’s should be able to decide who’s a SEAL.
It’s not a choir club.
POTUS can give him back his rank and pension, be he can’t, or shouldn’t, dictate what he, specifically, does. POTUS, regardless of who it is, just doesn’t know.
He can force the teams to take him back, but if, for what ever reason, they felt he broke the faith, that’s on him to fix.
But what do I know. I’m just a civilian.
How far down the ranks does that principle apply? Can a buck sergeant simply decide that he is more knowledgeable than the First Sergeant? Can a Captain pronounce himself more competent than a Major and ignore the Major?
That is simply not the way it works. Nor would it ever be possible to make it work. How many levels of higher rank can the person responsible for punishing the soldier ignore?
Our Founders greatly feared a standing military. The President is Commander-in-Chief as one of the checks on the military. His lawful orders are to be obeyed by EVERYONE in the military.
I prefer to believe that the Admiral is a warrior, not a politician. Time will tell.
Yeah, and the attack on Pearl Harbor was also handled very much the same in several motion pictures I have seen, so that must be authentic.
There are numerous excellent books on the history of WWII which I suggest that you read. It beats Hollywood motion pictures for determining what was "authentic."
Regards,
RE: Midway movie. As I look back on the movie, I can say that there was not a single example of gratuitous violence.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was incredibly realistic, and great thought was put in on how to dramatically tell the story. No BS like trying to put progressive, feminist, multi-cultural spin to the story. Real solid acting. Can’t say enough. Certainly the best war movie scene and it may be the finest movie ever scene.
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RE: the death penalty. I doubt that bringing back the death penalty was aimed at the coup. But we haven’t seen the end of this story yet. What if violence was perpetrated on the First Family? We nearly lost several congressmen and senators at a baseball game.
85 posts and no “Well, bye!” graphic? FR is slipping!
I guess it wasn’t fake news. Spencer has been canned, outted himself as a deepstater.
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