Comments on: Flynn Flees

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:14:08 +0000

In reply to Badtux. It's a bit trickier than that. He would have to resign his commission and say good bye to his accumulated benefits to actually get out of it. General officials can be recalled to duty and are subject to military law if they retire, because retirement only means they don't have to go to work any more unless they are recalled. Anyone in the military can be retained on a 'stop-loss'[ order. My Dad was held over, and I was worrying about one when I got out. When you work in a specialty with only a few others, things get complicated and 'stop-loss' orders were common during the Shrubbery's wars.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:48:15 +0000

The President doesn’t have to accept the resignation of an active-duty military officer. Officers, unlike enlisted, serve at the will of the President. If the President says “no, you can’t resign, I’m ordering you to stay”, well. So if McMaster “resigns”, you know he was actually fired.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:44:02 +0000

McMaster will resign rather than play along if he stays at all true to his entire career. I can’t understand his selection by Trump.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:11:42 +0000

I love Politico’s takeaway on McMaster. This is going to be fun :).

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/hr-mcmaster-appointment-takeaways-235233?cmpid=sf

“McMaster’s takeaways: Don’t lie, don’t blame the media, don’t rely on an inner circle.”

Which of course is 100% opposite of how Trump does things. Cue fireworks in 3… 2… 1… 🙂 .

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:12:29 +0000

The guy won’t ever admit a mistake – it isn’t in his makeup.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:45:22 +0000

I hope you're both right. :) Time will tell, of course. Check this: Rogue POTUS Staff: Statement of Purpose

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:03:15 +0000

As a serving officer he didn’t have a lot of choice when he was offered the job other than “Yes Sir!” and “Sorry, but I’m retiring.” Trump must really believe the fairy tales that Bannon has been telling him, and thinks that those are the truths that McMaster is going to confirm. I think they are both in for a shock.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 04:33:35 +0000

General McMaster wrote “the” book on the conduct of the U.S. military high command during the Vietnam War, entitled Dereliction of Duty, where he argued that the military leadership failed their duty to America and their duty of office by not telling McNamara and LBJ that they were full of it and that the proposed strategy for “victory” was unworkable and doomed to failure.

Yeah, this is going to be fun. (Sits back and munches popcorn.)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:29:31 +0000

I think if General McMaster attempts to do the job as he sees fit, his stay will be shorter than Flynn’s. He is known to be ‘brutally honest’ and annoyingly correct in his judgements. He has close and strong ties with reality, so I can’t imagine him getting along with Bannon or KT McFarland. He will tell Drumpf what he believes the POTUS needs to know rather than parroting what the SCROTUS wants to hear.

No one should rely on anything SCROTUS says or claims.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:34:06 +0000

Hmmm. What do you think of this Bryan? Donald Trump Names H.R. McMaster As National Security Adviser The Aussie press is finally waking up. Thanks to both Turnbull & Trump: Australia can't trust America with the 'mad king' Donald Trump in power