Breaking CNN - H.R. McMaster Voluntold as next NSC Advisor

[Xipe Totec]

According to commentators, he is still on active duty, so he cannot say no to SCROTUS.

[nycbos]

1. Here is a little bit about him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._McMaster

He is a career army officer. Went to west point.


Seems like he is a much better appointment than Flynn.

[Xipe Totec]

2. This isn't about qualifications, but disposition

Whether Trump can find anyone who will step in unforced.

The fact that they've reached into the ranks of active military to fill the position tells us a lot about how well that fine-tuned machine is running.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. That's one helluva name! I thought you were joking...

[suffragette]

6. Same here

[barbtries]

8. yeah,

like something out of harry potter or whatever

[TheDebbieDee]

9. Voluntold/ Voldemort - same difference!

[lillypaddle]

4. PHD, Smart, Independent

and apparently doesn't suffer fools kindly. Pundits are shocked, shocked, I tell you - because the pick is so smart. This should be interesting.

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. His last name isn't Bolton. That's a good start. n/t

[panader0]

11. Agreed! And he went to West Point. Hopefully a true patriot.

[Warpy]

7. I think he can say no, actually

The sticking point for the others has been Bannon. They want their own NSC staff and they don't want Bannon on it.

Dolt45 is so terrified of admitting Bannon managed to pull a fast one on him that he's not budging.

[Xipe Totec]

12. He can say no, and give his reasons on the back of his retirement application. nt

[haele]

10. He's probably from the list Mattis gave Drumpf.

The other pick declined to work with this Administration. This guy's PhD dissertation was on what went wrong with the Vietnam strategy when applied to weak or poorly defined objectives. Not necessarily a National Security guy, but closer to Mitchell than Patton in terms of international strategies.
Definitely not a pick from someone who wants to blow up the Government or start a Nationalist Holy War...

It could have been worse. It could have been Bolton.

Haele