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https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/pentagon-policy-official-resigns/index.html"Controversial retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata is being moved into the Pentagon's top policy role, taking over the duties of James Anderson, who resigned Tuesday, according to a US defense official.
Tata was previously nominated to be undersecretary of defense for policy this summer but his nomination was withdrawn because of bipartisan opposition.
CNN's KFile reported that he has made numerous Islamophobic and offensive comments and promoted conspiracy theories.
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In several tweets from 2018, Tata said that Islam was the "most oppressive violent religion I know of" and claimed former President Barack Obama was a "terrorist leader" who did more to harm the US "and help Islamic countries than any president in history." Following the publication of KFile's story, Tata deleted several of his tweets, screenshots of which were captured by KFile."...(more )
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Tanuki
Nov 2020
OP
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. This removed tweet from Tata is apparently one of his less offensive,
and its target, John Brennan, of course among the least vulnerable to his hate. This was retweeted by Neal Katyal:
Link to tweet
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. Yes. Wow. Max Boot says he's a character "straight out of "Dr. Strangelove"
you expect Tata to start raving any minute now about a Commie conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
Which was exactly what he made me think of.
Like the OP's article, of course, the CNN reports he quotes are available to all.
Which was exactly what he made me think of.
"Anthony Tata should be running a QAnon bulletin board not the Pentagon policy shop"
CNNs KFile team, led by ace Internet sleuth Andrew Kaczynski, has unearthed a long trail of deranged comments from Tata, many of which he recently deleted from Twitter in an unsuccessful attempt at cleanup. The first CNN story, on June 12, reported that Tata had called Islam the most oppressive violent religion I know of and that he had described President Barack Obama as a terrorist leader who did more to help Islamic countries than any president in history. Tata argued that Obama negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal because he had Islamic roots and wanted to help Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel. In addition, he lashed out at Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), calling them violent extremists and accusing Waters of being a vicious race baiting racist.
Part II of the Tata chronicles appeared on CNNs website on June 15. This time, KFile revealed that Tata had called Obama a manchurian candidate i.e., a sleeper agent for Hamas & Muslim brotherhood. In other tweets, Tata accused the Obama administration of sedition and/or treason and threatened former CIA director John Brennan: Might be a good time to pick your poison: firing squad, public hanging, life sentence as prison b*tch, or just suck on your pistol. Your call. #Treason #Sedition #crossfirehurricane #Obamagate.
Part III was published on Tuesday. This time, CNN revealed that Tata had spread conspiracy theories about a deep state cabal seeking to undermine President Trump and accused the Obamas of borderline treasonous behavior. He also accused Brennan of supporting the overthrow of Trump. After Brennan quoted Cicero in a tweet, Tata purported to see this as a coded signal for Trumps assassination: As incompetent as @JohnBrennan was as a #CIA analyst (failure at Khobar Towers), we must assume he knows spy tradecraft. This is a signal to someone, somewhere. Cicero was assassinated for political reasons. This is a clear threat against @POTUS.
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I initially raised a red flag about Tatas nomination on April 24, long before the CNN revelations. I noted that he left the Army under an ethical cloud and that he had a long track record on Fox News of sickening Trump sycophancy. Even when the president is pardoning accused war criminals, deploying troops to the border with Mexico in a political stunt, abandoning Americas Kurdish allies or striking a dubious deal with the Taliban, Tata cannot hide his enthusiasm. He is a Trump cultist, not an objective analyst. He has also trafficked in extremism on Fox: There is intent to harm Western society by Islam, Tata once said, and he has claimed that Chinas initial attempt to cover up the novel coronavirus was tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb accidentally and killing 150,000 people.
If someone with Tatas wing-nut views is confirmed to a senior Pentagon post, it will further accelerate the politicization of the nations armed forces. Trumps commissars tend to purge anyone at the Pentagon with a hint of independence. The casualties include Undersecretary John Rood (the position Tata has been nominated to fill), Kathryn Wheelbarger, the acting assistant secretary for international security affairs, and Elaine McCusker, the acting comptroller. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman a true profile in courage may have his well-deserved promotion torpedoed for testifying truthfully about Trumps attempts to extort Ukraine.
CNNs KFile team, led by ace Internet sleuth Andrew Kaczynski, has unearthed a long trail of deranged comments from Tata, many of which he recently deleted from Twitter in an unsuccessful attempt at cleanup. The first CNN story, on June 12, reported that Tata had called Islam the most oppressive violent religion I know of and that he had described President Barack Obama as a terrorist leader who did more to help Islamic countries than any president in history. Tata argued that Obama negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal because he had Islamic roots and wanted to help Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel. In addition, he lashed out at Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), calling them violent extremists and accusing Waters of being a vicious race baiting racist.
Part II of the Tata chronicles appeared on CNNs website on June 15. This time, KFile revealed that Tata had called Obama a manchurian candidate i.e., a sleeper agent for Hamas & Muslim brotherhood. In other tweets, Tata accused the Obama administration of sedition and/or treason and threatened former CIA director John Brennan: Might be a good time to pick your poison: firing squad, public hanging, life sentence as prison b*tch, or just suck on your pistol. Your call. #Treason #Sedition #crossfirehurricane #Obamagate.
Part III was published on Tuesday. This time, CNN revealed that Tata had spread conspiracy theories about a deep state cabal seeking to undermine President Trump and accused the Obamas of borderline treasonous behavior. He also accused Brennan of supporting the overthrow of Trump. After Brennan quoted Cicero in a tweet, Tata purported to see this as a coded signal for Trumps assassination: As incompetent as @JohnBrennan was as a #CIA analyst (failure at Khobar Towers), we must assume he knows spy tradecraft. This is a signal to someone, somewhere. Cicero was assassinated for political reasons. This is a clear threat against @POTUS.
...
I initially raised a red flag about Tatas nomination on April 24, long before the CNN revelations. I noted that he left the Army under an ethical cloud and that he had a long track record on Fox News of sickening Trump sycophancy. Even when the president is pardoning accused war criminals, deploying troops to the border with Mexico in a political stunt, abandoning Americas Kurdish allies or striking a dubious deal with the Taliban, Tata cannot hide his enthusiasm. He is a Trump cultist, not an objective analyst. He has also trafficked in extremism on Fox: There is intent to harm Western society by Islam, Tata once said, and he has claimed that Chinas initial attempt to cover up the novel coronavirus was tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb accidentally and killing 150,000 people.
If someone with Tatas wing-nut views is confirmed to a senior Pentagon post, it will further accelerate the politicization of the nations armed forces. Trumps commissars tend to purge anyone at the Pentagon with a hint of independence. The casualties include Undersecretary John Rood (the position Tata has been nominated to fill), Kathryn Wheelbarger, the acting assistant secretary for international security affairs, and Elaine McCusker, the acting comptroller. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman a true profile in courage may have his well-deserved promotion torpedoed for testifying truthfully about Trumps attempts to extort Ukraine.
Like the OP's article, of course, the CNN reports he quotes are available to all.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)4. I've been . ..
reassured that the Military number one goal is the total protection and security of the USA home and abroad and will at all times follow that concept. Therefore, shithole firing Asper and replacing him with an unqualified asshole and moving a nutcase as in a policy roll is for show.