Discussion: After McCain Debacle, Shanahan Dispatched Aide To WH To Deliver Warning

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After McCain Debacle, Shanahan Dispatched Aide To WH To Deliver Warning After McCain Debacle, Shanahan Dispatched Aide To WH To Deliver Warning Back to article
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Shanahan’s spokesman needs to take a package of Depends with him.

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To his credit if true.

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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan dispatched his chief of staff on Friday to warn the White House to stop politicizing the military…

What a bunch of bullshit. I cry shenanigans. Shanahan's COS made a big show of leaving the office, went around the block and bought donuts, then the DoD press flack put this out. No one was warned about anything.
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Acting Defense Secretary Chief of Staff Meets Acting White House Chief of Staff

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Except: why didn’t he just frigging go himself???

What a bunch of slimy cowards.

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Good luck with that, Shanahan. They don’t give a shit as long as they see a benefit to it. And you took the job, to boot.

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Warning received, warning ignored.

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As a general statement, that’s a claim I’ll believe. Valid on all occasions.

At last, something Trump has a valid claim to.

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I think that horse has already left the barn.

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He’s only acting like he’s doing the job, anyway.

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Spot on!

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Nobody’s politicizing the military more than The Rump. Eager beaver interns need to quit trying to ameliorate the national embarrassment. Everyone knows who Rump is by now! Treat his words like farts and move on quickly, we don’t need to dig a whole new septic each time.

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The maladroit and poorly received acts of those at the highest levels are often blamed on the ubiquitous “young intern”. That person actually doesn’t exist.

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I am guessing he found out at what level the request was sent and he sent the corresponding level official from his staff. So I guess we can now guess who is responsible.

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People who study organizations, norms and laws are going to create a new area of study with Trump.

He is a norm buster.

However, I differ with people who say that this will survive Trump.

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There’s still hordes of true believers out there. The ‘everyone knows’ only applies to us left.

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If he, his crime family, and the out-in-the-open grifters are allowed to skate, than he’s establishing the new norm.

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Jesusfuckingholychrist

America, meet your nihilistic fascist overlords.

What is name of EVERY POS human who’s name appears on any phone log, email or any aspect of this matter? Name their superiors and name the superiors’ superior. If these fascist pigs want to call this no big deal, there is nothing honest moral nor abiding in them.

And they fucking pray in public about their superior patriotism with their waving flags and wearing flag pins.
Jesusfuckingholychrist

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They want him to stop politicizing the military?

Gee, why didn’t this guy get the message across 16 years ago when W couldn’t appear in public without soldiers behind him? While they cheered and he attacked the patriotism of anyone who pointed out that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? I guess that politicization of the military is fine, but you get a meaningless talking-to when you politicize the military in such a stupid, embarrassing way?

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