Mass exodus at the State Department
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Okay, so THUGR is a troll and doesn't deserve a response. Got it.
Back to our regularly-scheduled topic.
There was no "mass exodus" from the State Department, it was, apparently, more like a mass housecleaning. IMHO, since the State Department was infested with neocons and pro-Wahhabist traitors, a few hundred MORE should be fired. But that's just me.
Here is a speculative article about what might be going on behind the scenes at the State Department
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An Alleged Muslim Spy Ring - Is This Why Rex Tillerson Cleaned House?
Shortly after Trump took office, and before Rex Tillerson was even confirmed as Secretary of State, a slew of State Department officials were removed from their positions (or were forced to resign) as part of an effort to “clean house” at the State Department. The whole affair was haphazardly covered by the media, especially by Jeff Bezos’s blog, which insinuated that the departures were “an ongoing mass exodus of senior Foreign Service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.”
Further analysis revealed that the officials were actually removed from their positions shortly after Tillerson visited the State Department office in Foggy Bottom prior to his confirmation:
“Any implication that that these four people quit is wrong,” one senior State Department official said. “These people are loyal to the secretary, the President and to the State Department. There is just not any attempt here to dis the President. People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house.”
And, just a few weeks after the fact, it appears we know why Tillerson was so quick to purge existing staffers: he just didn’t trust them. It also appears his mistrust was more than justified.
On January 29th, United States Special Forces executed an operation inside Yemen, against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with the aim of gathering intelligence and killing leaders of the group. The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but the decision to execute the raid was “punted” to Trump, using the pretext of waiting for a “low loom” (moonless) night to execute the raid with maximum secrecy:
While the operation had been proposed, it was never green-lighted. Kahl said Obama felt going the mission would mark a “significant escalation” in Yemen and should be left to the next administration to decide.
“Obama … believed this represented a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Yemen, and therefore … thought the next administration should take a careful look and run a careful process,” he told the WSJ.
In addition, defense officials expected the Trump administration to be more willing to approve dangerous missions, something that was almost certainly known by any remaining personnel who stayed on after Obama left office:
While seemingly indicative of a more aggressive stance by Trump, one official described the raid and new proposal as an outgrowth of earlier Obama-era operations that have pushed al-Qaida militants from their sanctuaries into areas and provided more opportunities for U.S. strikes.
“We expect an easier approval cycle [for operations] under this administration,” another defense official said.
Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens
Though the Trump administration attempted to push the raid as a success, at very best, the mission was anything but, resulting in the death of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, as well as injuries to three other servicemen. While the commandos did everything necessary to maintain the element of surprise, it appears as though AQAP adversaries on the ground had advance warning of the attack:
“Initial reports are always wrong, but it doesn’t appear to be a failure of planning or intelligence,” said the former special forces officer.
Almost immediately, the raiding force on the ground took intense fire, according to the briefing paper and a senior military official. Occupants of the targeted house and its compoNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Shit SIG, I list here your sources for your little rant. Not only no free thinking here, but your sources are completely suspect. You don't have a clue SIG. You just jump from bullshit post to bullshit post franticly cutting and pasting as you go. Posting this kind of crap in this way proves you don't care what you post. So long as it's detrimental to the United States.
In doing so you show distain for America SIG. Not a desire to see her do better as you claim. In doing so you show a desire to tear America down with lies and innuendo. Not build her up. In doing so you show yourself to be a troll SIG, nothing more.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Okay, so THUGR is a troll and doesn't deserve a response. Got it.
Back to our regularly-scheduled topic.
There was no "mass exodus" from the State Department, it was, apparently, more like a mass housecleaning. IMHO, since the State Department was infested with neocons and pro-Wahhabist traitors, a few hundred MORE should be fired. But that's just me.
Here is a speculative article about what might be going on behind the scenes at the State DepartmentQuote:
An Alleged Muslim Spy Ring - Is This Why Rex Tillerson Cleaned House?
Shortly after Trump took office, and before Rex Tillerson was even confirmed as Secretary of State, a slew of State Department officials were removed from their positions (or were forced to resign) as part of an effort to “clean house” at the State Department. The whole affair was haphazardly covered by the media, especially by Jeff Bezos’s blog, which insinuated that the departures were “an ongoing mass exodus of senior Foreign Service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.”
Further analysis revealed that the officials were actually removed from their positions shortly after Tillerson visited the State Department office in Foggy Bottom prior to his confirmation:
“Any implication that that these four people quit is wrong,” one senior State Department official said. “These people are loyal to the secretary, the President and to the State Department. There is just not any attempt here to dis the President. People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house.”
And, just a few weeks after the fact, it appears we know why Tillerson was so quick to purge existing staffers: he just didn’t trust them. It also appears his mistrust was more than justified.
On January 29th, United States Special Forces executed an operation inside Yemen, against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with the aim of gathering intelligence and killing leaders of the group. The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but the decision to execute the raid was “punted” to Trump, using the pretext of waiting for a “low loom” (moonless) night to execute the raid with maximum secrecy:
While the operation had been proposed, it was never green-lighted. Kahl said Obama felt going the mission would mark a “significant escalation” in Yemen and should be left to the next administration to decide.
“Obama … believed this represented a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Yemen, and therefore … thought the next administration should take a careful look and run a careful process,” he told the WSJ.
In addition, defense officials expected the Trump administration to be more willing to approve dangerous missions, something that was almost certainly known by any remaining personnel who stayed on after Obama left office:
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Shit SIG, I list here your sources for your little rant. Not only no free thinking here, but your sources are completely suspect. You don't have a clue SIG. You just jump from bullshit post to bullshit post franticly cutting and pasting as you go. Posting this kind of crap in this way proves you don't care what you post. So long as it's detrimental to the United States.
In doing so you show distain for America SIG. Not a desire to see her do better as you claim. In doing so you show a desire to tear America down with lies and innuendo. Not build her up. In doing so you show yourself to be a troll SIG, nothing more.
Far right Conservative, Instituto de Seguridad, Fake news, and conspiracy theory crap. Nothing but a mixed up and confused mess.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Okay, so THUGR is a troll and doesn't deserve a response. Got it.
Back to our regularly-scheduled topic.
There was no "mass exodus" from the State Department, it was, apparently, more like a mass housecleaning. IMHO, since the State Department was infested with neocons and pro-Wahhabist traitors, a few hundred MORE should be fired. But that's just me.
Here is a speculative article about what might be going on behind the scenes at the State DepartmentQuote:
An Alleged Muslim Spy Ring - Is This Why Rex Tillerson Cleaned House?
Shortly after Trump took office, and before Rex Tillerson was even confirmed as Secretary of State, a slew of State Department officials were removed from their positions (or were forced to resign) as part of an effort to “clean house” at the State Department. The whole affair was haphazardly covered by the media, especially by Jeff Bezos’s blog, which insinuated that the departures were “an ongoing mass exodus of senior Foreign Service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.”
Further analysis revealed that the officials were actually removed from their positions shortly after Tillerson visited the State Department office in Foggy Bottom prior to his confirmation:
“Any implication that that these four people quit is wrong,” one senior State Department official said. “These people are loyal to the secretary, the President and to the State Department. There is just not any attempt here to dis the President. People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house.”
And, just a few weeks after the fact, it appears we know why Tillerson was so quick to purge existing staffers: he just didn’t trust them. It also appears his mistrust was more than justified.
On January 29th, United States Special Forces executed an operation inside Yemen, against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with the aim of gathering intelligence and killing leaders of the group. The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but the decision to execute the raid was “punted” to Trump, using the pretext of waiting for a “low loom” (moonless) night to execute the raid with maximum secrecy:
While the operation had been proposed, it was never green-lighted. Kahl said Obama felt going the mission would mark a “significant escalation” in Yemen and should be left to the next administration to decide.
“Obama … believed this represented a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Yemen, and therefore … thought the next administration should take a careful look and run a careful process,” he told the WSJ.
In addition, defense officials expected the Trump administration to be more willing to approve dangerous missions, something that was almost certainly known by any remaining personnel who stayed on after Obama left office:
While seeminglyNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I feel it's important to keep fresh in peoples minds, the totality of the discussions since Trump started his campaign for the presidency. The distortion of facts posted during this time is a trail that leads to the culprits. The purveyors of falsehoods. Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Shit SIG, I list here your sources for your little rant. Not only no free thinking here, but your sources are completely suspect. You don't have a clue SIG. You just jump from bullshit post to bullshit post franticly cutting and pasting as you go. Posting this kind of crap in this way proves you don't care what you post. So long as it's detrimental to the United States.
In doing so you show distain for America SIG. Not a desire to see her do better as you claim. In doing so you show a desire to tear America down with lies and innuendo. Not build her up. In doing so you show yourself to be a troll SIG, nothing more.
Far right Conservative, Instituto de Seguridad, Fake news, and conspiracy theory crap. Nothing but a mixed up and confused mess.
100% fmshooter.com/alleged-muslim-spy...
100% www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-1...
98% isdei.blogspot.com/2017/02/alleg...
95% forums.azbilliards.com/showthrea...
43% www.libertyheadlines.com/alleged... Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Okay, so THUGR is a troll and doesn't deserve a response. Got it.
Back to our regularly-scheduled topic.
There was no "mass exodus" from the State Department, it was, apparently, more like a mass housecleaning. IMHO, since the State Department was infested with neocons and pro-Wahhabist traitors, a few hundred MORE should be fired. But that's just me.
Here is a speculative article about what might be going on behind the scenes at the State DepartmentQuote:
An Alleged Muslim Spy Ring - Is This Why Rex Tillerson Cleaned House?
Shortly after Trump took office, and before Rex Tillerson was even confirmed as Secretary of State, a slew of State Department officials were removed from their positions (or were forced to resign) as part of an effort to “clean house” at the State Department. The whole affair was haphazardly covered by the media, especially by Jeff Bezos’s blog, which insinuated that the departures were “an ongoing mass exodus of senior Foreign Service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.”
Further analysis revealed that the officials were actually removed from their positions shortly after Tillerson visited the State Department office in Foggy Bottom prior to his confirmation:
“Any implication that that these four people quit is wrong,” one senior State Department official said. “These people are loyal to the secretary, the President and to the State Department. There is just not any attempt here to dis the President. People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house.”
And, just a few weeks after the fact, it appears we know why Tillerson was so quick to purge existing staffers: he just didn’t trust them. It also appears his mistrust was more than justified.
On January 29th, United States Special Forces executed an operation inside Yemen, against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), with the aim of gathering intelligence and killing leaders of the group. The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but the decision to execute the raid was “punted” to Trump, using the pretext of waiting for a “low loom” (moonless) night to execute the raid with maximum secrecy:
While the operation had been proposed, it was never green-lighted. Kahl said Obama felt going the mission would mark a “significant escalation” in Yemen and should be left to the next administration to decide.
“Obama … believed this represented a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in Yemen, and therefore … thought the next administration should
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You understand Jewels, that as these people leave, get fired, reassigned or quit; they are not being replaced by the WH or Trump picks one of his cronies (who doesn't know his ass from his elbow) and everything goes to shit. Right now, we have no ambassador in South Korea...one of our allies.
That's saying something. What if something goes down in that region? We have no qualified person that can represent our country in case of a crisis. You can't just through anyone in there. They have to know the region and how to deal. Trump doesn't have a clue. Now, if he listened to someone with expertise, then maybe we could avoid an international incident. We really can't afford another war. You can't throw in your cousin Willie and expect things to go over smoothly. Some of these officials have been in the State Department for 20 or 30 years.
SGG
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
They don't want to work for Trump
Senior officials are fleeing the State Department in the first days of President Donald Trump's administration, according to The Washington Post.
Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, and three of his top officials resigned abruptly recently, The Post reported. All are career diplomats who have served under presidents from both parties.
Two other senior leaders in the State Department left earlier this month. Post columnist Josh Rogin characterized it as an "ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don't want to stick around for the Trump era."
David Wade, who was the State Department's chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry, told The Post that it's "the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember."
http://www.businessinsider.com/state-department-quitting-trump-2017-1
That sounds like the best news of the week.
Finally get rid of all that Obama Clinton (and Swiftboat Ketchup) deadwood.
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If this is true the Russian indictments may have something to do with it. I don't think after garnering very respectful reputations for serving this country, reputations it took thirty years or more to attain, they are enjoying seeing them destroyed in a matter of months.
I also don't think they like being challenged and dismissed in the press the way Trump does to them. Kelly is really being portrayed negatively at this point. A first for him. Now the Russia thing just got real. If Trump does go down for being a traitor, then forever in history they go down with him.
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Two top White House advisers may leave over tensions with Trump -sources
Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said.
Both H.R. McMaster and John Kelly are military men considered by U.S. political observers as moderating influences on the president by imposing a routine on the White House. They have also convinced Trump of the importance of international alliances, particularly NATO, which he has criticized as not equally sharing its burdens with the United States.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-top-white-house-advisers-m
ay-leave-over-tensions-with-trump-sources/ar-BBJtxyc?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
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SGG, I posted this for you. I have followed your conversation about deep state a bit. Watch this, it explains what's going on right now in this country in a way that makes sense. I'm sure you'll agree when you watch it. If not, that's ok.
It starts off about guns and goes into the politics of today. No deep state in the direction your debaters are pointing. It's a bit long but worth the view. Check it out buddy.
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Again SGG, deep state bullshit. Bill Crystal very conservative, very republican speaking out about the trend of teaching young republicans to fear law enforcement, to fear our government our media.
http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/kasie-hunt-cpac-felt-darker-to-
me-this-year-1168538179652
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Mass Exodus in Commiefornia
they tell their own workers to avoid government buildings too much crime, junkies and homeless everywhere
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Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
They don't want to work for Trump
Senior officials are fleeing the State Department in the first days of President Donald Trump's administration, according to The Washington Post.
Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, and three of his top officials resigned abruptly recently, The Post reported. All are career diplomats who have served under presidents from both parties.
Two other senior leaders in the State Department left earlier this month. Post columnist Josh Rogin characterized it as an "ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don't want to stick around for the Trump era."
David Wade, who was the State Department's chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry, told The Post that it's "the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember."
http://www.businessinsider.com/state-department-quitting-trump-2017-1]
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