Pentagon Leaders Face Grilling Before Congress Thursday On Use Of Military In Unrest | Talking Points Memo

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s top leaders are going before Congress for the first time in months to face a long list of controversies, including their differences with President Donald Trump over the handling of protests near the White House last month during unrest triggered by the killing of George Floyd in police hands.


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This in on a dangerous trajection line, that traces back to Trump deploying US Troops on the southern border as a campaign stunt in 2018.

And I for one have very little confidence in either Esper or Miley pushing back on such demands in the future. And they will come.

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So, what are the rules of engagement when fighting unarmed, albeit pissed off, US citizens on the streets af American cities?

Well, considering they were equipping soldiers with bayonets…

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Saving ammo. That shit is getting expensive.

Many of us slept better at night believing that the Orange Beast Squatting in the WH would be stopped short of making the United States Military his Private Army.

This had better be resolved in our favor, and fast.

Unfortunately, it’s a Russian Army Three Star General.

Seriously, leave it to Donnie to appoint a Berrier to Intelligence.