A Question of Duty
A very odd thing happened the other day. The man the President appointed as Secretary of Defense forgot what his primary duty was - to protect the lives and safety of American citizens. Incredible as it may seem, the Secretary of Defense was making policy on his own, declaring:
“I say this not only as secretary of Defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard, the option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," Esper said. "We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.”
If that's Mr Esper's opinion, he should have kept it to himself. Cops are being killed & maimed as are American citizens. Liberal mayors and Governors refuse to stop the carnage. It is last resort time. Therefore, American forces, such as those from the the 82nd Airborne Division will be hanging around the outskirts of Washington DC for a while. One thing we know about them - they get the job done!
As for Mr Esper - he will do his duty to this country and he will keep his personal opinions to himself!
And to Esper's precarious future, the White House Press Secretary only had this to say:
“should the president lose faith, we will all learn about that in the future.”
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Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell said that active duty troops in the capitol region are “to remain on alert” but will stay outside the District proper.
They are following the Posse Comitatus rule -
Section 1385 of Title 18, United States Code (USC), states:
“Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) does not apply to the U.S. Coast Guard, or to the National Guard in Title 32 or State Active Duty status. Although the PCA prohibits only the Army and Air Force as from performing domestic law enforcement activities, another statute, 10 USC Section 275, requires the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to prohibit members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps from direct participation in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity unless participation in such activity by such member is otherwise authorized by law. Department of Defense Instruction 3025.21 implements the prohibitions required under the PCA and 10 USC Section 275.
These laws and regulations generally prohibit U.S. military personnel from direct participation in law enforcement activities. Some of those law enforcement activities would include interdicting vehicles, vessels, and aircraft; conducting surveillance, searches, pursuit and seizures; or making arrests on behalf of civilian law enforcement authorities. Prohibiting direct military involvement in law enforcement is in keeping with long-standing U.S. law and policy limiting the military’s role in domestic affairs.
Thus far, no state governor has requested the assistance of Fed Troops, so, with Trump telling the governor's to do their own jobs with their own resources, what's the problem?
Why is it that the stories I've been reading these days about Republicans differing from Trump make me conjure up this image?
It's called wishful thinking. My dreams never involve hate.
Shall we stop the caricatures?
I'll continue to post pictures I consider relevant to the topic, even when you post something entirely IRRELEVANT just to taunt me, as you just did. Someone else recently tried to shut me up as well. And where does "hate" come into what I posted?
Then let's stop the pictures. Why wouldn't the use of the military be relevant to this article?
BTW, it's the anniversary of that tragic event. (It ended on June 4, 1989.)
Maybe you misunderstood the allegory I depicted - with three high-ranking military-connected persons posting something contrary to what Trump wanted the military to do. They were escaping a sinking ship, depicted as Trump's "ship of state" - IMO his "??governing??" Get it yet? And that has NOTHING to do with Tianenmen Square, which you posted to taunt me, and that's somewhat damaging to our "mutual respect", right?
because you don't know what a never trumper is? we do. and we don't care what they say.. never did, never will.
however, the image of the dems titanic sinking? spot on
Another name for a never Trumper is "sane American". It's virtually impossible for any rational human to look at Trumps record and think "Yeah! This guy is a stable genius and really knows how to run a country", so really the name that should be coined is "Ever Trumper" to describe those lunatics who, despite clear evidence of Trumps incompetence and mountain of lies, refuse to be critical of him in any way.
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not a chance.... LOL
sane people ignored them in 2016 we will ignore them again this year
Lol, I'm afraid not. The murder and mayhem the left has brought to American cities has absolutely guaranteed the President's re-election!
agreed, I'm not sure if the left could have timed things any better on that count.
and it will be fun to watch antifa go down in flames.
what would happen if...
the doj infiltrated antifa with informants and were collecting info on antifa's leadership over the past 3 yrs?
use your thinking cap
Let's see, it is early June and the violent protests have already taken the Coronavirus out of the news cycle. The economy is showing promising signs of a quick bounce back. Could it be that by late October we again have a prosperous economy and a nation completely fed up with riots and to top it all off a few nice indictments issued by John Durham? I think I see another 4 years!
Now you are comparing Trump to Churchill - lol.
Why don't you lower your sights a little regarding Trump? George Wallace or Spiro Agnew come to mind.
It sure looks that way.
didja watch rosenstein throw mccabe under the bus in the senate?
Well, you definitely got your "rag" correct John - Mediaite is becoming the Left's Huffington Post. And Anderson Cooper??? Gitouttahere.
Why do you defend Donald Trump? Spit it out 1st Warrior. You say you care so much about "honor". This man has no honor, so why do you defend and support him?
1st Warrior, Trump routinely lies like this. There is no honor in that. Why do you support him and defend him?
Having a prolifigate liar in the White House like Trump eats away the moral character of the country.
Sorry John - off topic to my comment.
Show where I'm defending Trump. I'm stating that the law prohibits sending Federal Troops into states unless it meets specific need criteria - which it does not.
you defend him and attack his critics all the time
everyone here knows that
"everyone here knows that"
Your kool-aide is showing John.
Did you notice that Rosentein claims he didn't read all of those FISA requests that he put his name to?
yepp. better to be seen as ignorant/stupid/ than being complicit in a coup attempt
the finger-pointing has begun.... LOL it only gets better from here.
Remember, one of them said we only did what the president told us to do!
Who should we believe , three highly accomplished and authoritative military leaders, including two who rose to the highest position in the US military ranks, or Kayleigh McAnany ?
We'll believe the people who lied about Trump/Russia for three years and then lied about the Ukraine and then criticized protests in Michigan as "spreading the virus"/ s
The haters of course!
The only proven liar is your hero. (19,000 and counting)
No, it's the left wing media, John (30,000 and counting)
The funny thing about that is many of the people that were calling out the protestors in Michigan for spreading the virus now completely support the latest protests. Protests which are clearly much worse in numbers and all aspects of good pandemic hygiene . The hypocrisy at work here is epic and exponential.
The people who have that stink on them will never lose it.
Never
I think you are under counting there buddy .....
Those are just the media lies. I didn't include the democrat lies or the failed Coup.
Let's focus on the current whopper: "Institutional racism among police":
The falsity of the claim is demonstrated even by statista.com itself. Just three days ago, the site posted another series of bar graphs, showing that, in fact, whites are nearly twice as likely as blacks to be shot to death by police. Here are the numbers:
Year White Black
2017 457 223
2018 399 209
2019 370 235
2020 (so far) 42 31
Last night Tucker Carlson went through each and every case of the 10 unarmed blacks shot and killed last year by police. Every one, except one was a justified shooting, as police officers were under attack at the time. Thanks to Sean for mentioning that stat (I can't remember what seed). It came from the Washington Post. In a nation of almost 328 million a grand total of 10 unarmed black were shot & killed by police last year.
Police misconduct towards people of color goes far beyond the number of people who are shot by police.
Prove it!
Understood.
Kayleigh McAnany holds some different opinions than you do .... you must attack her
Kayleigh McAnany works for Trump ..... you must attack her
Kayleigh McAnany is openly religious .... you must attack her
Kayleigh McAnany is a girl ..... ewwwwwww .... you must attack her
Fix that please, it's not something i said so take it out of quotes.
Kayleigh McAnany is a lying sack of crap who will go as low as necessary to try to protect BunkerBitch. 'Attacking' a lying beatch is no different than 'attacking' a lying dick. And if 'openly religious' means lying and bearing false witness every day, that would explain the evangelical attachment to the amoral lying racist. Putting a female out to take the hits on Trump's lies and failures won't stop the truth from getting to the light.
Opinions do vary as do resting dispositions ....
Obama did not fire Mattis, Trump did not fire Mattis (he retired in both cases) , and Trump did not give Mattis the nickname "Mad Dog".
Trump is not a well man Vic, and we both know it.
Earth to Major Tom: Mattis is not overrated either! (He was chosen by two presidents) How did you miss that one?
You sound particularly desperate this morning.
Why does Trump lie about things that can be checked in 30 seconds?
I wonder if he actually believes he gave Mattis the nickname "Mad Dog" ? I wouldnt doubt it. He creates his own delusional reality.
Remember John, let's not make it personal.
When you write editorials, like you did on this seed, you are open for comment.
We are open for all relevant commentary, but I will be back in a few.
Be good John.