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Revolt in Our Military

The s***t is hitting the fan at the Pentagon and why can anyone be surprised? Ninety retired generals and admirals have called on General Mike Milley (Chief of Staff) and Dept of Defense Lloyd Austin USMC (Never Trumper) to resign over the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

“Rampant disrespect for the oath of office has become the norm”

Unfortunately, it still is.  No, not because anything has changed between now and 10/30 when I ran across this post over at American Thinker with that title.  No, it goes back MUCH further than that. However, a couple of ‘graphs from that post sets a stage for this one (reformatted, emphasis mine): Unless a winning …

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Presidential Remarks at the 75th Commemoration of D-Day

Issued on: June 6, 2019 THE PRESIDENT: President Macron, Mrs. Macron, and the people of France; to the First Lady of the United States and members of the United States Congress; to distinguished guests, veterans, and my fellow Americans: We are gathered here on Freedom’s Altar. On these shores, on these bluffs, on this day …

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Lest we forget…

  238 years ago tonight at midnight, Paul Revere mounted a horse and took off to Lexington to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock that they were about to be arrested by British troops.  At dawn the next morning (19 April) the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War began within the towns of …

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