John R. Houk
© November 17, 2019
President Donald Trump has pardoned three Military Service personnel
convicted or facing trial for kicking enemy butt too copiously:
This is so dangerous, nothing
pisses me off more than these pardons," a retired general officer fumed to
ABC News after they were announced. "This undermines everything we have
stood for -- all my years of service goes up in smoke because we have a
dictator who has no respect for the rule of law nor what we stand for.
Hmm… Isn’t that something? Some military brass are more
concerned about American-hating Islamic terrorists who have signed ZERO
conventions of war, than they are about American military personnel who saw a
problem to solve and maybe did a little spiking the ball when the problem was
solved, i.e. killing the enemy.
What could that be reminiscent of? Well, sounds like some Deep
State military Officers still plugged into Obama’s rules of engagement are
looking through the military lens of justice through Obama weak idiocy.
AND how could there be such a large contingent of Obama-phile
military officers in America’s Service? WELL let’s take a look down memory lane
shall we?
Military Purge: Obama Building
‘Compliant Officer Class’
November 14, 2013
WASHINGTON – The extraordinarily
large number of senior military officials being relieved of duty during the
Obama administration – nine generals and flag officers this year alone and
close to 200 senior officers over the last five years – is part of the creation
of a “compliant officer class,” according to a U.S. Army intelligence official.
Since the ongoing coverage of what
some top generals are openly calling a “purge” of senior military
officers who run afoul of Obama or his agenda,
some military personnel have been speaking out.
According to a veteran Army
intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity, there is within the
armed forces a major concern that a “compliant officer class” is being created
by the Obama administration. So much so, he said, that it’s becoming harder and
harder to find “senior officers with a pair of balls in there [the military]
now that would say no to anything.”
…
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick
Brady, a recipient of the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal of
Honor, said that Obama’s agenda is decimating the morale of the U.S. ranks to
the point that members no longer feel prepared to fight or have the desire to
win.
“There is no doubt he (Obama) is
intent on emasculating the military and will fire anyone who disagrees with
him” over such issues as “homosexuals, women in foxholes, the Obama sequester,”
said Brady, former president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
Many Leftist fact checkers tried to obfuscate the Obama Military
Officer purge, but obfuscation doesn’t change reality:
Obama purged military of those
who sought victory
September 10, 2016
It was not hyperbole when GOP
presidential nominee Donald Trump said that under President Obama and Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, the U.S. military had been "reduced to
rubble" and left floundering without a coherent strategy or meaningful
capability to win wars. It is a fait accompli, engineered by our
commander-in-chief to reduce America's global footprint, an America he has
profusely apologized for, and one he blames for all the world's ills.
We recognize President Obama is
the commander-in-chief and that throughout history presidents from Lincoln to
Truman have seen fit to remove military commanders they view as inadequate or
insubordinate. Turnover in the military ranks is normal, and in these times of
sequestration and budget cuts the numbers are expected to tick up as force
levels shrink and missions change.
… We have commented on some of the higher profile cases, such as Gen. Carter Ham. He was relieved as head of U.S. Africa Command after only a year and a half because he disagreed with orders not to mount a rescue mission in response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi.
Rear Adm. Chuck Gaouette,
commander of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, was relieved in October
2012 for disobeying orders when he sent his group on Sept. 11 to "assist
and provide intelligence for" military forces ordered into action by Gen.
Ham.
Other removals include the sacking of two nuclear commanders in a single week – Maj. Gen. Michael Carey, head of the 20th Air Force, responsible for the three wings that maintain control of the 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, the No. 2 officer at U.S. Strategic Command.
,,,
As Donald Trump was making his
remarks about our depleted and emasculated military, word came that President Obama
wants to cut the Army further from its current depleted size of 475,000 to
450,000 by 2018. …
President Abraham Lincoln kept
firing generals until he found the likes of Sherman and Grant, with the will
and ability to win. Somehow I don't think victory anywhere is President
Obama's goal. Donald Trump was right: President Obama has reduced the
U.S. military to rubble. … READ ENTIRETY
The Alter of
Deceit recaps the Investors.com story about the
197 Military Officer purge:
Obama’s Purge of the Military
Published August 17, 2018 by admin
I actually forgot about this. I
also remembered how he went after the submarine command but, luckily, some one
had the foresight to take precautions in case we got a complete asshole in the
White House who tried to do something like this. I do not know of the
intricacies of this command structure and how it worked but it rebuffed Obama
and kept him at bay. Imagine what that Kenyan squatter would have done to
our submarine fleet?
Obama’s Military Coup Purges 197
Officers In Five Years
10/29/2013
…
From Breitbart.com's Facebook page
comes a list of at least 197 officers that have been relieved of duty by
President Obama for a laundry list of reasons and sometimes with no reason
given. Stated grounds range from "leaving blast doors on nukes open"
to "loss of confidence in command ability" to "mishandling of
funds" to "inappropriate relationships" to "gambling with
counterfeit chips" to "inappropriate behavior" to "low
morale in troops commanded."
Nine senior commanding generals
have been fired by the Obama administration this year, leading to speculation
by active and retired members of the military that a purge of its commanders is
under way.
A list of Officers purged during the Obama years that
Leftist fact checking probably won’t mention:
LIST OF NAMES — Military Purge
High Officers — Terrifying
November 21, 2013 by IWB
…
Many of these below have spotless
records, 25 and up years service, many medals and honors such as Brig. Gen
Bryan W. Wampler and Command Sgt. Major Don B. Jordan.
Commanding Generals fired:
General John R. Allen-U.S. Marines Commander International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] (Nov 2012)
Major General Ralph Baker (2 Star)-U.S. Army Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn in Africa (April 2013)
Major General Michael Carey (2 Star)-U.S. Air Force Commander of the 20th US Air Force in charge of 9,600 people and 450 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (Oct 2013)
Colonel James Christmas-U.S. Marines Commander 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit & Commander Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Unit (July 2013)
Major General Peter Fuller-U.S. Army Commander in Afghanistan (May 2011)
Major General Charles M.M. Gurganus-U.S. Marine Corps Regional Commander of SW and I Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan (Oct 2013)
General Carter F. Ham-U.S. Army African Command (Oct 2013)
Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon (3 Star), Jr.-U.S. Army 58th Superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY (2013)
Command Sergeant Major Don B Jordan-U.S. Army 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command (suspended Oct 2013)
General James Mattis-U.S. Marines Chief of CentCom (May 2013)
Colonel Daren Margolin-U.S. Marine in charge of Quantico’s Security Battalion (Oct 2013)
General Stanley McChrystal-U.S. Army Commander Afghanistan (June 2010)
General David D. McKiernan-U.S. Army Commander Afghanistan (2009)
General David Petraeus-Director of CIA from September 2011 to November 2012 & U.S. Army Commander International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] and Commander U.S. Forces Afghanistan [USFOR-A] (Nov 2012)
Brigadier General Bryan Roberts-U.S. Army Commander 2nd Brigade (May 2013)
Major General Gregg A. Sturdevant-U.S. Marine Corps Director of Strategic Planning and Policy for the U.S. Pacific Command & Commander of Aviation Wing at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan (Sept 2013)
Colonel Eric Tilley-U.S. Army Commander of Garrison Japan (Nov 2013)
Brigadier General Bryan Wampler-U.S. Army Commanding General of 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command [TSC] (suspended Oct 2013)
Commanding Admirals fired:
Rear Admiral Charles Gaouette-U.S. Navy Commander John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group Three (Oct 2012)
Vice Admiral Tim Giardina (3 Star, demoted to 2 Star)-U.S. Navy Deputy Commander of the US Strategic Command, Commander of the Submarine Group Trident, Submarine Group 9 and Submarine Group 10 (Oct 2013)
Naval Officers fired: (All in 2011)
Captain David Geisler-U.S. Navy Commander Task Force 53 in Bahrain (Oct 2011)
Commander Laredo Bell-U.S. Navy Commander Naval Support Activity Saratoga Springs, NY (Aug 2011)
Lieutenant Commander Kurt Boenisch-Executive Officer amphibious transport dock Ponce (Apr 2011)
Commander Nathan Borchers-U.S. Navy Commander destroyer Stout (Mar 2011)
Commander Robert Brown-U.S. Navy Commander Beachmaster Unit 2 Fort Story, VA (Aug 2011)
Commander Andrew Crowe-Executive Officer Navy Region Center Singapore (Apr 2011)
Captain Robert Gamberg-Executive Officer carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jun 2011)
Captain Rex Guinn-U.S. Navy Commander Navy Legal Service office Japan (Feb 2011)
Commander Kevin Harms- U.S. Navy Commander Strike Fighter Squadron 137 aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (Mar 2011)
Lieutenant Commander Martin Holguin-U.S. Navy Commander mine countermeasures Fearless (Oct 2011)
Hmm … I wonder how there are some Pentagon voices that
disrespect their current Commander in Chief in President Trump to echo the last
Commander in Chief? BECAUSE OBAMA GOT RID OF OFFICERS WHO UNDERSTOOD HOW TO
WIN!
JRH 11/17/19
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Despite Pentagon Objections, Trump
Pardons Three for War Crimes
By Rick
Moran
November 16, 2019
Donald Trump pardoned three service members who had been
accused of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan over the objections of the
Pentagon, which believes the president's actions undermine the military justice
system.
Two of the three accused soldiers had been serving prison
sentences, and one was still on active duty awaiting trial.
Army Lt. Clint Lorance had been serving 19 years at Fort
Leavenworth for ordering a soldier to fire on an unarmed motorcyclist in 2012.
Army Green Beret Maj. Matt Golsteyn had been charged with killing an alleged
Afghan bomb-maker in 2010. And Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of
killing a wounded Islamic State captive earlier this year, but was sentenced to
four months of time served and
a reduction in rank for posing with a corpse during a 2017 deployment to Iraq.
"Today, President Donald J.
Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) for Army First
Lieutenant Clint Lorance, an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) for Army
Major Mathew Golsteyn, and an order directing the promotion of Special Warfare
Operator First Class Edward R. Gallagher to the grade of E-7, the rank he held
before he was tried and found not guilty of nearly all of the charges against
him," the statement read.
"The President, as
Commander-in-Chief, is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the law is
enforced and when appropriate, that mercy is granted," the statement
continued. "For more than two hundred years, presidents have used their
authority to offer second chances to deserving individuals, including those in
uniform who have served our country."
The Pentagon appeared to stand behind the original verdicts
of the courts martial.
"The Department of Defense has
confidence in the military justice system," said Jonathan Hoffman, the
chief Pentagon spokesman. "The President is part of the military justice
system as the Commander-in-Chief and has the authority to weigh in on matters
of this nature."
Others were less circumspect in their criticism.
"This is so dangerous, nothing
pisses me off more than these pardons," a retired general officer fumed to
ABC News after they were announced. "This undermines everything we have
stood for -- all my years of service goes up in smoke because we have a
dictator who has no respect for the rule of law nor what we stand for."
Sounds like some general officers have been reading
Democratic Party talking points.
I don't think it's necessarily dangerous, but on some
levels, it's disturbing. The case of Lt. Lorance appears inexcusable while
Golsteyn illegally took the law into his own hands after the Taliban bomb-maker
was freed by the U.S. military. Golsteyn followed him after his release and
killed him. The sentence given Gallagher seems appropriate given the violation
of protocol, although posing with a corpse is more a part of the ethos of the
SEALs than any deliberate infraction.
And the Pentagon has a point too. Not only does the brass
have to believe in the military justice system, but ordinary soldiers and
sailors as well. But since the leniency showed to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for
desertion, ordinary soldiers have cause to distrust the judgment of the brass.
They bowed to political pressure from a president who had celebrated his
release after allowing 7 dangerous terrorists to be exchanged for him. Obama
needed a win, and the military courts handed it to him.
Trump has his own political needs and pardoning the
soldiers, while justifiable, filled them nicely.
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Obama Officer Purge Established
Military Deep State
John R. Houk
© November 17, 2019
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Despite Pentagon
Objections, Trump Pardons Three for War Crimes
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