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Sunday, December 4, 2016
Pat Lang — The WaPo thought Mattis was a retired BG
Ha ha. Washington Post commits yet another "crime against truth," this one just a moronic gaffe that underlines just how unprofessional their operation is.
Sic Semper Tyrannis The WaPo thought Mattis was a retired BG Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence Agency
A retired one star general is not good news in the military - and WaPo knows it. A person retires at that level only if they proved incompetent or had disciplinary issues, or had health issues that prevented them from moving up. Going from Colonel to one star doesn't happen if you are anywhere near retirement age - this is why enlisted men never make it beyond colonel no matter how good they are.
This was an attempt by WaPo to portray Trump as being incompetent.
A retired one star general is not good news in the military - and WaPo knows it. A person retires at that level only if they proved incompetent or had disciplinary issues, or had health issues that prevented them from moving up. Going from Colonel to one star doesn't happen if you are anywhere near retirement age - this is why enlisted men never make it beyond colonel no matter how good they are.
ReplyDeleteThis was an attempt by WaPo to portray Trump as being incompetent.
This was an attempt by WaPo to portray Trump as being incompetent.
ReplyDeleteAnd only proved themselves incompetent.
The air-clearing in the next two years is going to be remarkable.