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    89 former Defense officials condemn Trump's protest response

    "As former leaders in the Defense Department — civilian and military, Republican, Democrat and independent — we all took an oath upon assuming office “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” as did the president and all members of the military, a fact that Gen. Milley pointed out in a recent memorandum to members of the armed forces. We are alarmed at how the president is betraying this oath by threatening to order members of the U.S. military to violate the rights of their fellow Americans."

    "As defense leaders who share a deep commitment to the Constitution, to freedom and justice for all Americans, and to the extraordinary men and women who volunteer to serve and protect our nation, we call on the president to immediately end his plans to send active-duty military personnel into cities as agents of law enforcement, or to employ them or any another military or police forces in ways that undermine the constitutional rights of Americans. The members of our military are always ready to serve in our nation’s defense. But they must never be used to violate the rights of those they are sworn to protect."

    Signed,
    Leon E. Panetta, former defense secretary
    Chuck Hagel, former defense secretary
    Ashton B. Carter, former defense secretary
    William S. Cohen, former defense secretary
    Sasha Baker, former deputy chief of staff to the defense secretary
    Donna Barbisch, retired major general in the U.S. Army
    Jeremy Bash, chief of staff to the defense secretary
    Jeffrey P. Bialos, former deputy under secretary of defense for industrial affairs
    Susanna V. Blume, former deputy chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary
    Ian Brzezinski, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Europe and NATO
    Gabe Camarillo, former assistant secretary of the Air Force
    Kurt M. Campbell, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Asia and the Pacific
    Michael Carpenter, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
    Rebecca Bill Chavez, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Western hemisphere affairs
    Derek Chollet, former assistant defense secretary for international security affairs
    Dan Christman, retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and former assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
    James Clapper, former under secretary of defense for intelligence and director of national intelligence
    Eliot A. Cohen, former member of planning staff for the defense department and former member of the Defense Policy Board
    Erin Conaton, former under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness
    John Conger, former principal deputy under secretary of defense
    Peter S. Cooke, retired major general of the U.S. Army Reserve
    Richard Danzig, former secretary of the U.S. Navy
    Janine Davidson, former under secretary of the U.S. Navy
    Robert L. Deitz, former general counsel at the National Security Agency
    Abraham M. Denmark, former deputy assistant defense secretary for East Asia
    Michael B. Donley, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force
    John W. Douglass, retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force and former assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy
    Raymond F. DuBois, former acting under secretary of the U.S. Army
    Eric Edelman, former under secretary of defense for policy
    Eric Fanning, former secretary of the U.S. Army
    Evelyn N. Farkas, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
    Michèle A. Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy
    Nelson M. Ford, former under secretary of the U.S. Army
    Alice Friend, former principal director for African affairs in the office of the under defense secretary for policy
    John A. Gans Jr., former speechwriter for the defense secretary
    Sherri Goodman, former deputy under secretary of defense for environmental security
    André Gudger, former deputy assistant defense secretary for manufacturing and industrial base policy
    Robert Hale, former under secretary of defense and Defense Department comptroller
    Michael V. Hayden, retired general in the U.S. Air Force and former director of the National Security Agency and CIA
    Mark Hertling, retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe
    Kathleen H. Hicks, former principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy
    Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force
    John P. Jumper, retired general of the U.S. Air Force and former chief of staff of the Air Force
    Colin H. Kahl, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Middle East policy
    Mara E. Karlin, former deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy and force development
    Frank Kendall, former under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics
    Susan Koch, former deputy assistant defense secretary for threat-reduction policy
    Ken Krieg, former under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics
    J. William Leonard, former deputy assistant defense secretary for security and information operations
    Steven J. Lepper, retired major general of the U.S. Air Force
    George Little, former Pentagon press secretary
    William J. Lynn III, former deputy defense secretary
    Ray Mabus, former secretary of the U.S. Navy and former governor of Mississippi
    Kelly Magsamen, former principal deputy assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs
    Carlos E. Martinez, retired brigadier general of the U.S. Air Force Reserve
    Michael McCord, former under secretary of defense and Defense Department comptroller
    Chris Mellon, former deputy assistant defense secretary for intelligence
    James N. Miller, former under secretary of defense for policy
    Edward T. Morehouse Jr., former principal deputy assistant defense secretary and former acting assistant defense secretary for operational energy plans and programs
    Jamie Morin, former director of cost assessment and program evaluation at the Defense Department and former acting under secretary of the U.S. Air Force
    Jennifer M. O’Connor, former general counsel of the Defense Department
    Sean O’Keefe, former secretary of the U.S. Navy
    Dave Oliver, former principal deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics
    Robert B. Pirie, former under secretary of the U.S. Navy
    John Plumb, former acting deputy assistant defense secretary for space policy
    Eric Rosenbach, former assistant defense secretary for homeland defense and global security
    Deborah Rosenblum, former acting deputy assistant defense secretary for counternarcotics
    Todd Rosenblum, acting assistant defense secretary for homeland defense and Americas’ security affairs
    Tommy Ross, former deputy assistant defense secretary for security cooperation
    Henry J. Schweiter, former deputy assistant defense secretary
    David B. Shear, former assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs
    Amy E. Searight, former deputy assistant defense secretary for South and Southeast Asia
    Vikram J. Singh, former deputy assistant defense secretary for South and Southeast Asia
    Julianne Smith, former deputy national security adviser to the vice president and former principal director for Europe and NATO policy
    Paula Thornhill, retired brigadier general of the Air Force and former principal director for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs
    Jim Townsend, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Europe and NATO policy
    Sandy Vershbow, former assistant defense secretary for international security affairs
    Michael Vickers, former under secretary of defense for intelligence
    Celeste Wallander, former deputy assistant defense secretary for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
    Andrew Weber, former assistant defense secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs
    William F. Wechsler, former deputy assistant defense secretary for special operations and combating terrorism
    Doug Wilson, former assistant defense secretary for public affairs
    Anne A. Witkowsky, former deputy assistant defense secretary for stability and humanitarian affairs
    Douglas Wise, former deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
    Daniel P. Woodward, retired brigadier general of the U.S. Air Force
    Margaret H. Woodward, retired major general of the U.S. Air Force
    Carl Woog, former deputy assistant to the defense secretary for communications
    Robert O. Work, former deputy defense secretary
    Dov S. Zakheim, former under secretary of defense and Defense Department comptroller

    #2
    Another republican turns his back on Trump

    Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution, adding to a growing list of former top military officials who have strongly criticized the President's response to the nationwide protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd.

    The former Republican official also said he is he is planning to vote for Democrat Joe Biden for president in November, again voting against Trump as he had done in 2016.
    "I'm very close to Joe Biden on a social matter and on a political matter. I worked with him for 35, 40 years, and he is now the candidate and I will be voting for him," Powell said.

    Asked why it was so important to him that Trump not be reelected, Powell said that he thinks Trump has not been an effective president and that he lies "all the time."

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/polit...ntv/index.html

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution, adding to a growing list of former top military officials who have strongly criticized the President's response to the nationwide protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd.

      The former Republican official also said he is he is planning to vote for Democrat Joe Biden for president in November, again voting against Trump as he had done in 2016.
      "I'm very close to Joe Biden on a social matter and on a political matter. I worked with him for 35, 40 years, and he is now the candidate and I will be voting for him," Powell said.

      Asked why it was so important to him that Trump not be reelected, Powell said that he thinks Trump has not been an effective president and that he lies "all the time."

      https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/polit...ntv/index.html
      Trump rage tweeted about Powell just a few minutes after Powell was on CNN. That means Trump was probably watching it lol lol lol lol

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        #4
        Bush and Romney won't back Trump for re-election

        Add George W. Bush and Mitt Romney to the growing list of Republicans who are sick of trumpism. Other prominent Republicans are wavering as well.

        https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9553111.html

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution
          Trump has trampled The Constitution since day 1. He has absolutely no regard for it yet claims to be a "Constitutionalist." What a joke. The guy hates this country and needs to go.....

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Trump rage tweeted about Powell just a few minutes after Powell was on CNN. That means Trump was probably watching it lol lol lol lol
            Teeny tiny Donny got his teeny tiny feelings hurt....boohoohooo

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Trump has trampled The Constitution since day 1. He has absolutely no regard for it yet claims to be a "Constitutionalist." What a joke. The guy hates this country and needs to go.....
              He's an orange Mussolini wannabe, but his fans claim it's the Dems who are the fascists. Too funny. Our education system is failing when it comes to teaching history and US government. There are new immigrants that know our history and laws better than American borns.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Teeny tiny Donny got his teeny tiny feelings hurt....boohoohooo
                It's ALWAYS about this ego. It gets even nastier if it's a female.

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                  #9
                  Swamp creatures do bite, Trump brave for taking them on. These are the same swamp creatures that got us into Iraq on false pretenses.

                  Kent: Trump’s Foreign Policy Threatens Military Generals Who Prefer the Status Quo
                  https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...er-status-quo/

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                    #10
                    Draft Dodger Don.

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                      #11
                      Great patriotic speech for the 4th. Lucid. Cogent. Linear. Logical and timely.

                      In contrast, Beijing Biden is having more malfunctions in his basement - this one a doosey:

                      Joe Biden: ‘I’m Joe Biden’s Husband, Joe Biden’
                      https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...and-joe-biden/

                      This guy should be in a long term care facility not the oval office.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Great patriotic speech for the 4th. Lucid. Cogent. Linear. Logical and timely.

                        In contrast, Beijing Biden is having more malfunctions in his basement - this one a doosey:

                        Joe Biden: ‘I’m Joe Biden’s Husband, Joe Biden’
                        https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...and-joe-biden/

                        This guy should be in a long term care facility not the oval office.
                        This is why I love Trump.
                        He has the balls to speak the truth no matter how politically incorrect the MSM wants us to believe it is.

                        An example -

                        Trump: ‘Our Children Are Taught in School to Hate Their Own Country’
                        https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...al-revolution/

                        Trump: ‘Far-Left Fascism’ Seeks to ‘Overthrow the American Revolution’
                        https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...an-revolution/

                        Which explains all the brainwashed Marxists on TS, all over social media, on the streets looting, rioting, stabbing, and how the MSM has become so warped and left-wing. It all starts in the high schools and universities. A coordinated international Marxist effort to end this country, by converting it into a North American version of China. No more nuclear family. No more Christianity. Ending social and cultural traditions. Encourage abortion. End sexual relations between individuals with biologically compatible genitalia, etc.

                        A Maoist revolution.

                        Biden is step 3. BLM was step 2. Step 1 was Chinavirus.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          This is why I love Trump.
                          He has the balls to speak the truth no matter how politically incorrect the MSM wants us to believe it is.

                          An example -

                          Trump: ‘Our Children Are Taught in School to Hate Their Own Country’
                          https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...al-revolution/

                          Trump: ‘Far-Left Fascism’ Seeks to ‘Overthrow the American Revolution’
                          https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...an-revolution/

                          Which explains all the brainwashed Marxists on TS, all over social media, on the streets looting, rioting, stabbing, and how the MSM has become so warped and left-wing. It all starts in the high schools and universities. A coordinated international Marxist effort to end this country, by converting it into a North American version of China. No more nuclear family. No more Christianity. Ending social and cultural traditions. Encourage abortion. End sexual relations between individuals with biologically compatible genitalia, etc.

                          A Maoist revolution.

                          Biden is step 3. BLM was step 2. Step 1 was Chinavirus.
                          “There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. Not going to happen to us.”

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            “There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. Not going to happen to us.”
                            “Make no mistake. This left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence, and hunger and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress. To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage.”

                            The "89 former Defense Officials" are part of this new Maoist American revolution. End the United States of America by fundamentally transforming it into an Orwellian nightmare where collective punishment of majority race descendants becomes not only acceptable but laudable ("collective punishment" is against UN resolutions as the concept of collective punishment serves as the foundation for ethnic cleansing).

                            What these political whores get out of it is enhanced personal power and the satisfaction that comes from stealing through deception and chicanery what you cannot legally or at least morally earn. And we - those building families, careers, reaching for the American Dream - we are the collateral damage.

                            The real virus is Orwellian neo-Marxism, resurgent among the Democrats and Authoritarian Globalists, reinforced with censorship, cancelling, violence, reparations (collective punishment), systematic and institutional propaganda, ending of law enforcement, release of all prisoners, shutting down of all jails, disarming law abiding citizens at least those belonging to the majority, and shill figurehead candidates with no cognitive function.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              “Make no mistake. This left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence, and hunger and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress. To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage.”

                              The "89 former Defense Officials" are part of this new Maoist American revolution. End the United States of America by fundamentally transforming it into an Orwellian nightmare where collective punishment of majority race descendants becomes not only acceptable but laudable ("collective punishment" is against UN resolutions as the concept of collective punishment serves as the foundation for ethnic cleansing).

                              What these political whores get out of it is enhanced personal power and the satisfaction that comes from stealing through deception and chicanery what you cannot legally or at least morally earn. And we - those building families, careers, reaching for the American Dream - we are the collateral damage.

                              The real virus is Orwellian neo-Marxism, resurgent among the Democrats and Authoritarian Globalists, reinforced with censorship, cancelling, violence, reparations (collective punishment), systematic and institutional propaganda, ending of law enforcement, release of all prisoners, shutting down of all jails, disarming law abiding citizens at least those belonging to the majority, and shill figurehead candidates with no cognitive function.
                              The Bosheviks during the October Revolution did the same thing.
                              Carl Marx said to speak politics but change the culture.

                              So they destroyed statues. Desecrated churches. Things the Marxist left are currently doing in this country right now. They need to send the message that "your old culture is bad, we are going on to a new culture". Then, you end up with the USSR, totalitarianism, abolition of private property, destruction of the American Dream, misery, economic depravity, and ultimately failure and bankruptcy if not war. History has shown that it doesnt end well. But the Marxists that run our educational system do not want to teach that history. They get more power from warping history, teaching a politically activist version of it - like "(self) advocacy research" replacing legitimate, scientific, empirical research, its "(self) advocacy journalism" and "(self) advocacy instruction" replacing objective journalism and teaching we have traditionally.

                              Its literally a sickness - a virus - the real virus threatening this nation.

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