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    Default Lt. Col. Vindman retires, citing Trump ‘bullying’ and ‘retaliation’

    An Army officer who played a high-profile role in President Trump’s impeachment proceedings is retiring from the military over alleged “bullying” and “retaliation” by the president, his lawyer said Wednesday.

    Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served as a national security aide at the White House until earlier this year and was up for promotion to colonel, will leave the military instead, his attorney, David Pressman, said in a statement.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...917_story.html

    Is there anything about Trump which is not horrible and corrupt?!

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    Good

    CNN will hire him. He will be fine

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    “Through a campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, the president of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. Between protecting his promotion or the promotion of his fellow soldiers,” Pressman said. “LTC Vindman’s patriotism has cost him his career.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacksonsprat22 View Post
    An Army officer who played a high-profile role in President Trump’s impeachment proceedings is retiring from the military over alleged “bullying” and “retaliation” by the president, his lawyer said Wednesday.

    Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served as a national security aide at the White House until earlier this year and was up for promotion to colonel, will leave the military instead, his attorney, David Pressman, said in a statement.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...917_story.html

    Is there anything about Trump which is not horrible and corrupt?!
    This is a travesty, his experience and dedication will be a great loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    Good

    CNN will hire him. He will be fine

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    He'll Retire a Hero ... as for Trump ... who will care?
    ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
    Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    This is a travesty, his experience and dedication will be a great loss.
    Trump is forcing every patriot out of government. Yet another reason to get him out of office.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacksonsprat22 View Post
    “Through a campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, the president of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. Between protecting his promotion or the promotion of his fellow soldiers,” Pressman said. “LTC Vindman’s patriotism has cost him his career.”
    WTF?
    he was going to get a promotion? = rhetorical trash

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    He'll Retire a Hero ... as for Trump ... who will care?
    Vindman is a hero.

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    One less Russiaphobic war pig..he will not be missed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    This is a travesty, his experience and dedication will be a great loss.
    all he cares about is arming up Ukraine -which Trump did anyways.
    Vindman has a myopic view of geopolitics - he's a disservice to the NSC. good riddance

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    Good

    CNN will hire him. He will be fine
    Oh, so a decorated military carrer officer being coerced out of the service for political reasons because he did his job and told the truth is "good?"

    And I remember the days when conservatives told us they supported the military

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    This is a travesty, his experience and dedication will be a great loss.
    So much for draining the swamp, eh? All that's left after 3 years of #TRE45ON are the bottom-feeders.
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Oh, so a decorated military carrer officer being coerced out of the service for political reasons because he did his job and told the truth is "good?"

    And I remember the days when conservatives told us they supported the military
    how was he "coerced?"

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    In a statement, Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “That’s how the President and his enablers regard public servants — in uniform or otherwise — who uphold their oaths to the constitution, rather than giving into the cult of personal loyalty that has rotted our government from the inside for the last three and a half years,” he said.

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