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DeminPennswoods

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1. Some needless fear-mongering here

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:40 PM

Nov 2020

These interim yahoos will have 0 impact on anything. With Trump a lame duck, the military isn't goint to deploy active duty troops on American citizens. They can order withdrawal from Afghanistan, but that's a long process. DoD is a big, unwieldy bureaucracy and the career civilians are very good at "waiting out" temporary bosses. Take it from someone who worked where the rubber met the road in DoD.

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After Esper Firing, White House Moves Trump Loyalists Into Key Pentagon Jobs [View all] appalachiablue Nov 2020 OP

Some needless fear-mongering here DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #1

An enterprising "light colonel" could walk a memo around the pentagon for 75 days.. ResistantAmerican17 Nov 2020 #8

Hope all military personnel REMEMBER Marthe48 Nov 2020 #2

Who, having lost re-election, moves people into jobs with 71 days to go? CanonRay Nov 2020 #3

A couple of what? robbob Nov 2020 #14

Esper was a trump loyalist, himself. SharonClark Nov 2020 #4

Shuffling the bureaucrats won't get them an army. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #5

Might help a cover-up, though muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #7

Yes. Follow the money. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #9

BINGO!!!!!! tRump is creating a smoke screen to hide the shredding groundloop Nov 2020 #11

👆👆👆 crickets Nov 2020 #13

And Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Michael Flynn protege, and Michael Ellis, Nunes' contact muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #6

Do they really think our men and women in uniform BlueIdaho Nov 2020 #10

Fuck. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #12

I hope these new loyal appointees don't get too comfortable in their new jobs. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2020 #15