Is it unpatriotic to criticize a man who wears a uniform to a Congressional hearing?

[Syriusly]

I think that there are RULES where its appropriate or inappropriate to wear uniforms for both military and police and other public servants but i'm forgetting them . Maybe someone knows or remembers them .

Since he is an active duty officer, appearing in his official capacity......pretty sure he is supposed to be wearing his uniform.

Vindman was working in a official capacity at the White House....And like most other military men, he wore a civilian suit.

I didn't post that pic of Ollie North by accident.

I was speaking of his appearance before the House Impeachment inquiry.

 

[bodecea]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

Criticize what he does if you can prove he's wrong....but he was being attacked as a traitor and a spy even before he testified and with NO evidence.

That's because he is a traitor and a spy. There is already plenty of evidence to support that, and his fumbling for answers when testifying proves that.

Provide that evidence for us then.

 

[Syriusly]

Having spent 8 years in DoD, military and civilian, I can say that some of the most worthless bureaucrats I've ever met were field grade officers. Masters at doing nothing and yet trying to take credit for what got done (by others).

Any medals, awards & citations can be discounted dramatically once the officer gets past O-3 (Captain/Lt - Navy). Field-Grade officers and Generals get awards for showing up. Not that these awards are all meaningless, one just has to look a little closer. When I was in VIetnam, Majors and above got a Bronze Star and a Legion of Merit for showing up for work. Purple Heart? Again look closely. Doesn't always mean "wounded in action."

Any officer wearing DRESS BLUES under the circumstances of these hearings is kind of a peacock. Like wearing a three-piece suit to the office picnic.

A military office in a billet like this has NO BUSINESS criticizing or questioning the intentions of the Commander in Chief, or undermining his policies, no matter how uncomfortable it makes him. Policy-wise, he is no more important than a rat on a ship.

So you smear Vindman......based purely upon your speculation.

A military officer's first responsibility is to the Constitution of the United States- not to the President.
Vindman reported his concerns to the proper legal channels.
And when served with a legal subpoena provided his truthful testimony.

Why you would think any military officer should put Trump before our country, i don't understand

 

[bodecea]

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Can't quit Former President Obama, can you?

That worthless asshole did a lot of damage to this county. The thing that the stupid Moon Bats hate, which has lead to them trying to undermine Trump, is that Trump is undoing some of Obama's damage. They hate that. They also hate the fact that Trump schlong that Crooked Hillary bitch who would have continued with making this country a socialist shithole.

It is all about greed. The filthy Leftest want to get control of the government so that they can raid the Treasury to provide free stuff to all the shitheads in the country. Taking Liberty away and making us all slaves to the state is just icing on the cake.

Still can't quit Former President Obama, Scourge of the CRC (con-servative republican christians).....

 

[bodecea]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

I have no problem with anyone being criticized for the substance of what they said.

What the Republicans are doing are questioning his loyalty to America.

And Republicans like to ignore the uniform and the medals and the service when it comes to smearing anyone perceived as being disloyal to Trump.

Republican's like to ignore military and vets period as shown in their walking out of a hearing for women vets.

Republicans storm out of Veterans' Affairs Committee, refuse to vote on health care bill for women veterans

They only like vets if they can use them as tools.

 

[bodecea]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

FYI, He never wore his uniform at work.
BTW, since I spent years in the Army and was in Special Forces.....I can tell by looking at his uniform what he's done, and I'm not at all impressed.

I thought the other day you said you were in the Navy. Classless Democrats boo our President at the World Series.

 

[bodecea]

Democrats could have given republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham a break but they didn't. Cunningham was arguably the greatest fighter pilot in the Vietnam war and used to be credited for creating the course known as "Top Gun". Congressman Cunningham was guilty of accepting gifts from lobbyists while a member of congress and democrats didn't stop until they put him in prison. Another republican congressman and a semi-skilled Vietnam pilot, John McCain, who was shot down in Vietnam was guilty of essentially the same thing during the "Keating five" scandal but the other four congressman were democrats so he ended up with a slap on the wrist.

I love how you hold Duke Cunningham up.....having worked with people who worked with him....he was no one to admire.....and he betrayed the military by taking bribes from a shoddy military industrial company while on the military appropriations committee.

 

[pismoe]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

I have no problem with anyone being criticized for the substance of what they said.

What the Republicans are doing are questioning his loyalty to America.

And Republicans like to ignore the uniform and the medals and the service when it comes to smearing anyone perceived as being disloyal to Trump.

Republican's like to ignore military and vets period as shown in their walking out of a hearing for women vets.

Republicans storm out of Veterans' Affairs Committee, refuse to vote on health care bill for women veterans

They only like vets if they can use them as tools.

---------------------------------- agreed , and 'vets' agree to that behavior when they Volunteered and signed up on the dotted line Bode .

 

[debbiedowner]

The Dems ruined a decorated veteran and didn't give it a second thought...

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General Dunsford had nothing but praise for him yesterday.

Dunsford is no longer JCS. Try and keep up!

I didn't say he was, try to follow the conversation, but he did give him praise something more than so called veterans on this board could do.

 

[Syriusly]

Just want to point out the facts
Lt. Col. Vindman is a decorated active duty officer of the United States- who was wounded in the service of our country
Purple Heart, Ranger tab, FAO: Meet the Army officer testifying about Trump’s Ukraine call
Vindman has earned the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Parachutist Badge.

In addition to the Purple Heart, Vindman’s awards include two Defense Meritorious Service Medals; four Army Commendation Medals; three Army Achievement Medals; four Overseas Service Ribbons; a Valorous Unit Award; the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; the Presidential Service Badge; the Joint Chiefs of Staff identification Badge and a Navy Unit Commendation.

“I have dedicated my entire professional life to the United States,” Vindman said in his prepared remarks. “I have served this country in a nonpartisan manner, and have done so with the utmost respect and professionalism for both Republican and Democratic administrations.”

Vindman went on to detail in his prepared remarks how he “did convey certain concerns internally to National Security officials” in accordance with the chain of command.

Those attacking Vindman- questioning his patriotism- calling him partisan- and everything else- are just pulling that out of their own asses.

If you want to attack Vindman- try to pretend you have some cojones and try to back up the attacks with something other than what you just pull out of your own ass.

Or maybe even try to address the substance of what Vindman reported? Now that would be something completely different.

Otherwise- you are just another Con smearing a member of the Service to protect your Orange Messiah.

 

[whitehall]

Democrats could have given republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham a break but they didn't. Cunningham was arguably the greatest fighter pilot in the Vietnam war and used to be credited for creating the course known as "Top Gun". Congressman Cunningham was guilty of accepting gifts from lobbyists while a member of congress and democrats didn't stop until they put him in prison. Another republican congressman and a semi-skilled Vietnam pilot, John McCain, who was shot down in Vietnam was guilty of essentially the same thing during the "Keating five" scandal but the other four congressman were democrats so he ended up with a slap on the wrist.

I love how you hold Duke Cunningham up.....having worked with people who worked with him....he was no one to admire.....and he betrayed the military by taking bribes from a shoddy military industrial company while on the military appropriations committee.

"No one to admire"? Just about every flyer in Vietnam admired Cunningham and the people admired him enough to elect him to congress.. He was guilty of taking gifts from lobbyists but so was McCain. Democrats had no love for McCain or any other Vet but they let McCain off with a slap on the wrist because four democrats were involved. Cunningham could have resigned in disgrace but democrats were determined to send him to prison.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The Dems ruined a decorated veteran and didn't give it a second thought...

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General Dunsford had nothing but praise for him yesterday.

Dunsford is no longer JCS. Try and keep up!

I didn't say he was, try to follow the conversation, but he did give him praise something more than so called veterans on this board could do.

Dunsford also probably didn't know that he was spying for the Ukraine either!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

Criticize what he does if you can prove he's wrong....but he was being attacked as a traitor and a spy even before he testified and with NO evidence.

That's because he is a traitor and a spy. There is already plenty of evidence to support that, and his fumbling for answers when testifying proves that.

Provide that evidence for us then.

He was born in the Ukraine and was advising their government on how to deal with the US. That's called espionage.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

That seems to be the argument Democrats are making, a man shows up in a uniform, and he's off limits for criticism.

I have no problem with anyone being criticized for the substance of what they said.

What the Republicans are doing are questioning his loyalty to America.

And Republicans like to ignore the uniform and the medals and the service when it comes to smearing anyone perceived as being disloyal to Trump.

Republican's like to ignore military and vets period as shown in their walking out of a hearing for women vets.

Republicans storm out of Veterans' Affairs Committee, refuse to vote on health care bill for women veterans

They only like vets if they can use them as tools.

---------------------------------- agreed , and 'vets' agree to that behavior when they Volunteered and signed up on the dotted line Bode .

Bode didn't! She violated the UCMJ by being a closet lesbian.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Just want to point out the facts
Lt. Col. Vindman is a decorated active duty officer of the United States- who was wounded in the service of our country
Purple Heart, Ranger tab, FAO: Meet the Army officer testifying about Trump’s Ukraine call
Vindman has earned the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Parachutist Badge.

In addition to the Purple Heart, Vindman’s awards include two Defense Meritorious Service Medals; four Army Commendation Medals; three Army Achievement Medals; four Overseas Service Ribbons; a Valorous Unit Award; the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; the Presidential Service Badge; the Joint Chiefs of Staff identification Badge and a Navy Unit Commendation.

“I have dedicated my entire professional life to the United States,” Vindman said in his prepared remarks. “I have served this country in a nonpartisan manner, and have done so with the utmost respect and professionalism for both Republican and Democratic administrations.”

Vindman went on to detail in his prepared remarks how he “did convey certain concerns internally to National Security officials” in accordance with the chain of command.

Those attacking Vindman- questioning his patriotism- calling him partisan- and everything else- are just pulling that out of their own asses.

If you want to attack Vindman- try to pretend you have some cojones and try to back up the attacks with something other than what you just pull out of your own ass.

Or maybe even try to address the substance of what Vindman reported? Now that would be something completely different.

Otherwise- you are just another Con smearing a member of the Service to protect your Orange Messiah.

LOL EVERY single one of those ribbons is a give me for an officer of his rank. A unit award is simply a give me for being in a large unit cited for any number of reasons. My Army SNCO boss at an Army school put himself in for a couple of those awards and got the civilian bosses to sign off on them as proof he worked there as an instructor and a boss.

 

[wamose]

Go testify against your boss over one of his phone conversations you overheard and let me know how that turns out for you, dummy.

Refuse to testify honestly about your boss when you get a subpoena and let us all know how that works out for you.

Stick around and see if ignoring those illegitimate subpoenas cause any trouble. I could take some money off of you if you were a betting man. I guarantee Pelosi would give plenty to be out of the unwinnable position she got herself into. Or is it really AOC.

Hmmm what makes you think that any subpoena is 'illegitimate'?

I look forward to you telling the judge you didn't show up to testify because you decided that the subpoena was illegitimate.

I am sure that would work out great!

When the process is illegitimate, the subpoena is illegitimate. Did you ever hear of due process?

Where in the Constitution does it say that the House's process was illegitimate?

Remember- impeachment is not a criminal process.

Circumventing the due process section of our constitution is against everything our justice system stands for. That's exactly what Schiff is doing with these Russian style interrogations, which they're trying to pass off as investigation. Totalitarianism at its finest. Schiff is doing exactly what those brave kids in Hong Kong are protesting against.