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Ilsa

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8. On MJ this morning they said that the Navy is proceeding

Reply to bobGandolf (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:57 AM

Nov 2019

with removing the trident designation from those SEALs that they know are guilty, whether trump intervenes or not. It looks like the Navy is trying to police their own, no matter what trump wants.

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Why is Trump meddling with the jailed Special Forces? [View all] bobGandolf Nov 2019 OP

Oliver North and the NRA? Deb Nov 2019 #1

Must be one of 2naSalit Nov 2019 #2

Everything he does is quid pro quo. Claritie Pixie Nov 2019 #3

Nice to know.. bobGandolf Nov 2019 #11

... favor of (dirty, criminal) soldiers who might lash out on his behalf. NightWatcher Nov 2019 #4

why? He sees this a way to poke democrats/liberals and it did BUT the sideeffect is pissing the beachbumbob Nov 2019 #5

Pay attention to the dates JHB Nov 2019 #6

He is married to one of my former students. Freedomofspeech Nov 2019 #7

On MJ this morning they said that the Navy is proceeding Ilsa Nov 2019 #8

I thought.. bobGandolf Nov 2019 #12

He's meddling with the UCMJ and undermining military law... cynatnite Nov 2019 #9

He's always playing to his Deplorables, in this case their Rambo fantasies UTUSN Nov 2019 #10

Trump has to feed the jingoists in his base every once in while-He might need them for his civil war NCLefty Nov 2019 #13

Just the sort of thing bush/cheney would have done pecosbob Nov 2019 #14

He identifies with the special operations troops. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2019 #15

Bah, haha... bobGandolf Nov 2019 #16

Because of Fox News and Guilliani, of course. Seriously. GoCubsGo Nov 2019 #17

Ruth Ben-Ghiat nails the reasoning, I think NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #18

TrumPutin already knows these criminals will do anything. Now he owns them. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #19