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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,159 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:04 PM Jun 2020

Mark Esper has chickened out.

He's kowtowed to his master's wishes, and US military remains on alert to invade...**checks notes**...Washington DC.







Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire · 17m


WASHINGTON (AP) — Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.

4:46 PM · Jun 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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Mark Esper has chickened out. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 OP
In other words Trump threatened him. sunonmars Jun 2020 #1
A person with some self-respect would have resigned in protest. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #4
He looks like a tool. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #2
Don Corleone Sat Him Down nt sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #3
Yeah, made him an offer he couldn't refuse. grumpyduck Jun 2020 #9
There are no patriots in his admin or in the GOP, not anymore...we are in big trouble. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #5
whiplash Grasswire2 Jun 2020 #6
*** this is your answer *** unblock Jun 2020 #7
Mmhmm durablend Jun 2020 #13
Esper values his job Pantagruel Jun 2020 #8
What a lame ass. Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #10
Does anyone actually believe that military leaders will reject illegal orders? ecstatic Jun 2020 #11
Profile in courage. tanyev Jun 2020 #12
Misuse of government property. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2020 #14

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,159 posts)
4. A person with some self-respect would have resigned in protest.
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:06 PM
Jun 2020

So, apparently Mark Esper is quite lacking in that department.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
5. There are no patriots in his admin or in the GOP, not anymore...we are in big trouble.
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:08 PM
Jun 2020

American patriots are the targets.

unblock

(52,164 posts)
7. *** this is your answer ***
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:12 PM
Jun 2020

in case anyone was wondering if the military would go along with donnie should he attempt to just become a dictator outright.



no i am not saying this act is comparable to an outright dictatorial coup, what i'm saying is that this is how it happens, with spineless people around him refusing to ever stand up to him, or getting replaced by people who are spineless, until eventually there is nothing left to stop him.

we laugh at how clownish he looks, and we keep laughing until one day we wake up and he is the dictator.

durablend

(7,459 posts)
13. Mmhmm
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 06:02 PM
Jun 2020

We keep saying "HE CAN'T DO THAT...something something Constitution", then he does it and we say "Hey, that's not fairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

ecstatic

(32,677 posts)
11. Does anyone actually believe that military leaders will reject illegal orders?
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:27 PM
Jun 2020

Is there any psych research that supports that theory? I've only heard the opposite to be true.

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