John Kelly Refutes That Trump Called Soldiers Losers

[Deranged Rhino]

 

[Tiberius]

31 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Yeah and Kammy just called Biden a racist and a rapist.

Well, good. 

8 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Back to loving Bolton, huh?

[Deranged Rhino]

 

 

21 on the record statements debunking it... vs 4 anonymous sources, confirmed by (likely) the same four anonymous sources. 

 

They think we are VERY stupid.

[ALF]

Trump launches unprecedented attack on military leadership he appointed

 

(CNN)President Donald Trump launched an unprecedented public attack against the leadership of the US military on Monday, accusing them of waging wars to boost the profits of defense manufacturing companies.

 

"I'm not saying the military's in love with me -- the soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy," Trump told reporters at a White House news conference.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/politics/trump-attack-military-leadership/index.html

[Deranged Rhino]

1 minute ago, ALF said:

Trump launches unprecedented attack on military leadership he appointed

 

(CNN)President Donald Trump launched an unprecedented public attack against the leadership of the US military on Monday, accusing them of waging wars to boost the profits of defense manufacturing companies.

 

"I'm not saying the military's in love with me -- the soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy," Trump told reporters at a White House news conference.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/politics/trump-attack-military-leadership/index.html

 

37 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

I've said for the past four years, the biggest threat Trump posed was to the MiC and their various industries, think tanks, and foreign policy wonks. He ran on gutting their biggest money maker and power source -- and he delivered on his promises to reign them in. 

 

[BillsFanNC]

 

[Tiberius]

2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

So you believe the generals are just out to make money for big corporations? Is that your opinion? 

[SectionC3]

10 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

So you believe the generals are just out to make money for big corporations? Is that your opinion? 

 

I hope he doesn’t.  That is not very pro-military at all.  

[Chef Jim]

4 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

 

I hope he doesn’t.  That is not very pro-military at all.  

 

I guess you don't understand war then.  

[SectionC3]

13 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

I guess you don't understand war then.  

 

What is it that I misunderstand, sir?

[Chef Jim]

20 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

 

What is it that I misunderstand, sir?

 

It's often about money.

[SectionC3]

9 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

It's often about money.

 

Hmmm . . .  So, under your theory, the generals are the ones chasing the money and therefore instigate the war?  Or the civilian leader of the military chases the money and then, without Congressional approval, instigates the war?  I’m confused.  I don’t think we’re in a Rule #2 situation because you’ve expressed an opinion.  I’m simply trying to nail down what exactly that opinion is. 

[B-Man]

1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

So you believe 

 

2 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

 

Hmmm . . .  So, 

 

 

Same as always.

Misstating what the poster says to fit your own biases.

 

Consistent, I'll give you that.

 

 

 

 

[Tiberius]

2 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

Same as always.

Misstating what the poster says to fit your own biases.

 

Consistent, I'll give you that.

 

 

 

 

Oh quiet, you post fake news. You follow the biggest liar ever, you think Trump is fit to be president. 

 

 

[DFT]

2 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

 

Hmmm . . .  So, under your theory, the generals are the ones chasing the money and therefore instigate the war?  Or the civilian leader of the military chases the money and then, without Congressional approval, instigates the war?  I’m confused.  I don’t think we’re in a Rule #2 situation because you’ve expressed an opinion.  I’m simply trying to nail down what exactly that opinion is. 

By your intentional absence of logic there’s no such thing as war profiteering then.  Just a made up term, right?  Lockheed Martin isn’t a 40+ Billion dollar supplier of all things war for America.  There’s no way they’d be incentivized to facilitate war mongering among politicians and high-ranking military officials who despite earning a streamlined salary, now represent the wealthiest and most powerful in America somehow.  

Let’s lob in a softball, shall we?  One that shows this isn’t a partisan issue but a bi-partisan act of corruption in the swamp...

 

 

Dick Cheney.  

[Doc]

1 hour ago, B-Man said:

Same as always.

Misstating what the poster says to fit your own biases.

 

Consistent, I'll give you that.

 

Foolishly consistent.

[Chef Jim]

1 hour ago, SectionC3 said:

 

Hmmm . . .  So, under your theory, the generals are the ones chasing the money and therefore instigate the war?  Or the civilian leader of the military chases the money and then, without Congressional approval, instigates the war?  I’m confused.  I don’t think we’re in a Rule #2 situation because you’ve expressed an opinion.  I’m simply trying to nail down what exactly that opinion is. 

So the Military Industrial Complex is new to you? 
 

The “leaders” of the county have been playing us like a fiddle for a very long time.

 

Coming to a city near you....

 

 The Homeless Industrial Complex?

 

The Covid Industrial Complex?  

 

 

[SectionC3]

49 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Foolishly consistent.

Sorry didn’t read that was busy munching on hydroxychloroquine.  

[Tiberius]

On 9/6/2020 at 9:58 AM, DFT said:

Her article:  “Griffin cited two anonymous former “senior” U.S. officials in her reporting, saying they confirmed “key parts” of The Atlantic‘s story. However, she added that the sources could not confirm “the most salacious” part.“
 

the President’s concern:  “Jennifer Griffin of Fox News Did Not Confirm ‘Most Salacious‘ Part of Atlantic Story https://breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/09/04/jennifer-griffin-of-fox-news-did-not-confirm-most-salacious-part-of-atlantic-story/… via @BreitbartNews All refuted by many witnesses. Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for comment. @FoxNews is gone!”

 

so my question is, why if your sources are unimpeachable, would you not ask the group the story is about?  Why would you not present the facts to the person to hear their side?  Why would anyone have an issue with a sitting president speaking about the dangers of unsubstantiated claims?  You have posts on this very forum where posters have accused you of such that you refer to them as baseless, yet you yourself are firing off at the president for doing what you’ve demonstrably done yourself; Accuse liars who can’t produce evidence, of lying.  
 

help me understand, Kemp.

So you actually think Trump respects the troops? Lol, come on 

[B-Man]

 

 

Okay, we’re calling it — time of death, 17:15pm EST. 

 

The big story of the past few days from The Atlantic concerning President Trump cancelling a cemetery visitation in France and saying grievously slanderous things about the dead war veterans had suffered some life-threatening injuries rather quickly, but it managed to hang for a few days. A holiday weekend, and the media’s desire to resuscitate in the press ICU, meant this goner lingered for a while. But all attempts to keep this scandal on life support have now failed and we can say this thing has officially flat-lined.

 

Much like I occasionally do with horrible films, I will drop this DOA story on a gurney and roll it into the lab for a post mortem. Learning the cause of death we begin to see the way our contemporary media complex is operating these days on behalf of one party. Cutting into this corpse of a scandal we see three aspects to it: The Facts, The Narrative, and The Delivery.  

 

Starting with the last, what we were witness to was a coordinated hit piece. This is not debatable; more than bearing the earmarks, the choreography behind this hit is quite evident based on how all the players interacted, and the timeline. The only mystery is whether this was intended as a classic October Surprise, and that its deployment needed to be moved up. With Biden’s slipping persona, Trump surging in the polls, and a number of other Democrat foibles last week, it might have been needed to sway the news cycle much earlier than desired.

 

The Atlantic dropped this story initially on Thursday evening, and the first sign of manufacture is that this was not a Breaking news item. On Thursday Jeffery Goldberg’s piece came out detailing the Trump visit in 2018 to honor the 100 year anniversary of the Armistice. He was scheduled to commemorate by attending a ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris, but Goldberg claimed it was cancelled by the President because the rain would affect his hair. Further Goldberg reported that Trump said the cemetery was ”filled with losers,’’ and then added that 1,800 Marines who lost their lives were ”suckers’’ for getting killed. 

 

This smacks of people placing words in the President’s mouth and having them believed based on confirmation bias. More than just the unreal nature of these quotes, we have years of President Trump paying deference to the military, with regular visits to recently wounded soldiers a prominent feature that eclipses unattributed testimony about 2 year old conversations.

 

Then, in an attempt to bolster the report, in an amazing dose of coincidence James Laporta from the Associated Press also came out Thursday evening with a similar story, with sources reiterating the comments made by the President. He appeared on Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday night to lend his details. And then, in an impressively remarkable production speed, a veterans PAC came out with an opposition commercial spot that featured these quotes attributed to Trump. This commercial made its debut on Morning Joe — the next morning, less than 24 hours after the article was released. The ad even quoted sections of the Goldberg article. 

 

So everything was cemented into place for a long weekend run of damage. A blistering report, a corroboration, and then a veterans group scorching the President; This would basically write itself and then become reflected in the polls by the end of the week. Until the Facts arrived.

 

It took little time for the White House to come out with documents from that French trip in 2018. Those papers showed that it was not a vain President but the Secret Service who had determined that bad weather would preclude a Presidential visit. This was a detail that was known and reported back in 2018. In addition, the military-hating President did attend a cemetery ceremony the following day, on November 11. Yet here was Goldberg delivering a completely different version of events, and presenting it as scandalous. 

 

One detail that is revealing about the media is that in light of this factual error blasting the claims out of the water the other portion of the story was fiercely defended. Very little has been made of the provably wrong details made by Goldberg, and instead of discrediting the rest of his report the press has instead fought desperately to insist the quotes attributed to Trump are ironclad. Goldberg had nothing but anonymous contacts insisting that Trump said these things, but this, as we know, is to be treated as gospel in journalist circles.

 

{snip}

 

This is the level the press has resorted to on the matter. They no longer have facts and witness testimony to rely upon for a proven story, so the fallback is essentially saying, ”Well…none of this completely disproves it might not have happened…’’ So we are now in the age of reporting on rumors, and it is up to others to disprove the negative, as reported in the mainstream press.

 

Hang the toe tag, and slide this stiff into the drawer.

 

https://www.redstate.com/bradslager/2020/09/08/performing-an-autopsy-on-the-atlantic-expose-reveals-the-anatomy-of-a-manufactured-scandal/