Vindman attacked for being inadequate in Ranger school (Faux news, guest)

[bobbieinok]

Reported at Crooks and Liars

Very nasty charges, claim people tried to get him kicked out

[underpants]

1. Link

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/02/fox-smears-lt-col-vindman-chow-thief-and

[bobbieinok]

4. Thanks for posting link

[Ex Lurker]

2. First comes the firing, then comes the reputation trashing nt

[bullwinkle428]

3. Repukes learned that this technique WORKED in 2004.

[Takket]

5. Rangers are the best of the best of the best

there is no shame or dishonor, nor does it make you a "bad person" to not be able to make it as a Ranger (hint, the number is less than 1%). Drawing a line from "he wasn't good in Ranger school" to "therefor we can conclude he's a liar about ukraine" is absurd

[Happy Hoosier]

21. He has a Ranger tab.

Sounds like a smear to me.

[Docreed2003]

6. He wouldn't have made it through ranger school if he was inadequate

[2naSalit]

7. Exactly...

That is an elite corps and you don't get beyond the school by buying your way through it.

[keithbvadu2]

8. "claim people tried to get him kicked out"

"claim people tried to get him kicked out"

Funny that those "people" are mythical.

[badhair77]

12. Yes, would this be trump's friend "Jim,"

who no longer goes to Paris because it’s so awful. No one can track him down either.

[demosincebirth]

9. Tough school, from a army airborne vet.

[wishstar]

10. He completed Ranger, plus earned Parachutist and Expert Infantryman Badges, Airborne School etc

The smear got amplified back in October when he testified but his Army record speaks louder than a rightwing anonymous smear campaign:

"During his time in uniform, Vindman has earned the Ranger Tab, which signifies the completion of one of the toughest schools in the Army, as well as the Parachutist Badge, earned after the completion of Army Airborne School, and the Expert Infantryman Badge, which denotes mastery of critical infantry tasks.

In September 2004, he deployed to Iraq and was wounded in combat just a month later by an improvised explosive device, per Army Times. He finished the deployment and returned to the United States in September 2005. Vindman also earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, which is awarded to infantry soldiers who have fought in active ground combat.

An Army spokesman said that he previously served on the Pentagon's Joint Staff from September 2015 to July 2018. Vindman is currently assigned to the National Security Council as a foreign area officer who specializes in Eurasian political-military operations, according to The New York Times."

https://taskandpurpose.com/vindman-military-record

[spanone]

11. They're so predictable....

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. Probably due to a flare-up of his bone spurs.

KY..........

[GoCubsGo]

14. I wonder from under which rock they dug up this asshole.

Dollars to donuts, he never ever met Col. Vindman, let alone know how he did in Ranger school.

[JDC]

15. Pure Smear campaign

[gratuitous]

16. That's nice

But I'll continue to believe the guy who testified under oath over some guy with his anonymous sources.

[phylny]

17. My husband was an airborne ranger.

The course is brutal. My husband said if you weren’t strong enough to get through, you were dropped. Many men (at the time, only men) didn’t make it through and he said “there was another empty bunk every day.” He thinks about 30% of those who try, fail.

Vindman was mentally tough enough to deal with lack of sleep and lack of food and rigorous training. If he made it through, he was good enough.

[rufus dog]

18. Elected Dems need to push this hard

Sad to put the military in a political situation, but the Repukes have been doing this for years and it is time to fight back.

At every opportunity this needs to be brought up the military needs to either condemn Fox or be called out for their cowardice.

[bdamomma]

19. They like to destroy people

horrible DEPLORABLE people.

This won't stop until we make it stop.

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. Sure, that's why he's a Lt Col with several medals n/t

[bobbieinok]

22. They implied he didn't pull his weight in his unit, only worked when superiors showed up

Hard to see how anyone could do that In a group like the Rangers!!

[Wounded Bear]

23. You know what they call the guy who graduated last in his class at medical school?

Doctor

More RW Trumpist bullshit.