Generals Pushing Back?

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twitter.com/Reuters/status/890585043957166080

[DK504]

1. It's time for the Joint Chiefs to remind the PINO

who the military belongs to, that would be America. They are there to protect the country from all enemys foriegn and domestic.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR

[Lurks Often]

3. The Chairman of JCS is not pushing back

He is making it clear that all members of the military, transgender or otherwise, will be treated with respect at that at this time and that nothing will change until the twitter message is turned into to official DOD policy.

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4. he's also making it clear

...contrary to assertions from the CiC, that the policy proposed is an initiative originating and directed from the WH, not the military.

[Lurks Often]

5. Current policy on transgender service was put into place by the previous adminstration

and can be changed at any time by the current administration.


Link to policy: https://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0616_transgender-policy/

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6. not, it appears

...by tweet.

[gratuitous]

7. Important point

Policy change by tweet is not a thing. But I'm still curious to know who are the generals and military experts that President Trump allegedly consulted before stabbing out his tweets with his tiny little fingers? When did they all meet to consult together? And considering the post-tweet rationalizations Trump has cited - which are not grounded in fact or reality - what information did Trump and these alleged advisers use as the basis for this announced change?

I wonder if anyone will think to ask Sarah about this, or if there will be some new cataclysm between now and today's presser that will suck all the oxygen out of the room?

[MoonRiver]

9. They are his imaginary friends.

[Flaleftist]

11. Probably none. He said he knows more than the generals.

[Lurks Often]

8. All the DOD has to do is revert back to whatever the prior policy was

[MoonRiver]

10. DADT

But that won't help the ones who came out this year, mistakenly assuming it was safe to do so.