Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers

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2 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

This is a pretty good argument for Trump by a former Army officer and Gold Star husband.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-came-dover-after-my-wife-was-killed-fighting-isis-ncna1239425?fbclid=IwAR3z8NP5Sdkf79qIa_hzRMc-A9TgfE64uRG0XdFbFJ2TI4yXA61B-qDNLt8
 

So, when I read the anonymous allegations this week that President Trump spoke disparagingly of our troops, I knew they simply weren’t true — or were taken completely out of context in order to hurt him before the election.

President Trump’s actions have shown our troops more respect than any president in my lifetime. His use of decisive military force only when absolutely necessary, combined with his reluctance to use the military as the sole tool of foreign policy, is not only good and smart, but the sign of utmost respect for the lives of our troops.

Since 9/11, America’s all-volunteer force has served under two presidents who were quick to ceremoniously praise our sacrifices without taking any real action to change the grinding status quo that has become the hallmark of the Global War on Terror. Instead of asking hard questions about what we were gaining or could ever gain and taking action based on those answers, Global War on Terror Trump's predecessors fought wars with our troops in an effort to build new governments in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11, while letting the perpetrator of that terrorist attack escape to Pakistan (whose government we continue to support).

Former President Barack Obama may have offered eloquent rhetoric, but very little changed during his tenure from his predecessor, except that he also got us involved in the conflict in Syria.

Previous presidents’ support of endless wars has resulted in the loss of thousands of American lives and cost American taxpayers trillions of dollars, whereas President Trump’s limited use of military force and swift action when needed marks a decisive change from that policy. (Look no further than what happened to Qassem Soleimani: When Soleimani ordered an attack that killed an American in late 2019, President Trump immediately ordered a strike that killed him.) And this president has avoided getting us into any new wars — something his recent predecessors seemingly could either not avoid or not resist.

 

I'd say the majority of military personnel feel the exact same way.

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And read about which journalistic standards were ignored:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/08/3-crucial-breakdowns-in-journalistic-standards-that-explain-the-atlantics-trump-political-hit-piece/

[Dashinka 24,109]

27 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

And read about which journalistic standards were ignored:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/08/3-crucial-breakdowns-in-journalistic-standards-that-explain-the-atlantics-trump-political-hit-piece/

I would disagree with a couple of the items.  First of all editors/journalists like Goldberg really aren’t journalists, they are activists so journalistic standards don’t really mean anything to them.

 

The other is this part.  I would contend that although this may have accelerated over the past three plus years, it started way before Trump

 

Over the past few years, reporters and editors have increasingly abandoned these rules in a greedy rush to capitalize on the sieve-like culture of Trump’s early White House and Democrats’ investigatory committees, scoring points against their new nemesis and getting clicks along the way. More and more often, no reason is even given for the anonymity, and sources treat newspapers as dumping grounds for cowardly and ungrounded political hits they’re not held accountable for. The reporters and editors, equally addicted to the attention that breaking news brings, allow it.

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1 minute ago, Dashinka said:

aren’t journalists, they are activists

This goes without saying, but if they're trying to pass themselves off as journalists, standards still apply.

1 minute ago, Dashinka said:

scoring points against their new nemesis

This to me indicates that the author acknowledges such tactics in the past.

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48 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

This goes without saying, but if they're trying to pass themselves off as journalists, standards still apply.

This to me indicates that the author acknowledges such tactics in the past.

The thing that most people don’t realize is that the new nemesis of the Leftist/MSM is the voters, not Trump.