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  • Alexander Vindman and his twin brother were abruptly fired

    https://www.businessinsider.com/impe...e-house-2020-2


    Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was ousted from his role on the National Security Council and escorted out of the White House on Friday, his lawyer told Insider.

    Vindman's twin brother, Yevgeny, was also fired, Pressman said.


    Obviously gross and likely illegal to fire Alexander. But is there anyone who will defend firing his brother who had nothing to do with Alexander's (subpoeaned) testimony? I know there are a lot of military or military adjacent posters on here. Maybe they can explain this in a positive light?

    The Republican Party (minus Mittens) owns everything that's coming down the "pike".

  • #2
    Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
    https://www.businessinsider.com/impe...e-house-2020-2


    Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was ousted from his role on the National Security Council and escorted out of the White House on Friday, his lawyer told Insider.

    Vindman's twin brother, Yevgeny, was also fired, Pressman said.

    There is a God!
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    • #3
      Originally posted by seer View Post
      There is a God!
      What, exactly, do you think Alexander's brother did that was wrong?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
        What, exactly, do you think Alexander's brother did that was wrong?
        He's not a loyal member of the cult.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
          What, exactly, do you think Alexander's brother did that was wrong?
          Perhaps he is a snake like his brother?
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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          • #6
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            Perhaps he is a snake like his brother?
            Do you have any evidence of that?

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            • #7
              I suspect there is sufficient cause involved here. With military security clearances, a person can be downgraded based on suspicious associations with other people. So, the Alexander's behavior affects his brothers. Maybe they both retained too close of a relationship with the Ukraine and its corruption.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
                https://www.businessinsider.com/impe...e-house-2020-2


                Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was ousted from his role on the National Security Council and escorted out of the White House on Friday, his lawyer told Insider.

                Vindman's twin brother, Yevgeny, was also fired, Pressman said.


                Obviously gross and likely illegal to fire Alexander. But is there anyone who will defend firing his brother who had nothing to do with Alexander's (subpoeaned) testimony? I know there are a lot of military or military adjacent posters on here. Maybe they can explain this in a positive light?

                The Republican Party (minus Mittens) owns everything that's coming down the "pike".
                Typically, the fact that Vindman et al obeyed his subpoena and told the truth under oath (oh the horror) is a sack-able offense in the eyes of Trump.
                “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Tassmoron View Post
                  Typically, the fact that Vindman et al obeyed his subpoena and told the truth under oath (oh the horror) is a sack-able offense in the eyes of Trump.
                  REP. RADCLIFFE: "Colonel Vindman, it's your opinion that there was a 'demand' [in the phone call], so I'm asking you where in the transcript do you find words used that justify that term?"

                  VINDMAN: "If you give me a minute, Congressman, I'll just-- I'll take a look and see if I can find something."

                  (Several minutes of awkward silence)

                  https://theconservativetreehouse.com...m-white-house/


                  Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                  But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                  Than a fool in the eyes of God


                  From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
                    https://www.businessinsider.com/impe...e-house-2020-2


                    Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was ousted from his role on the National Security Council and escorted out of the White House on Friday, his lawyer told Insider.

                    Vindman's twin brother, Yevgeny, was also fired, Pressman said.


                    Obviously gross and likely illegal to fire Alexander. But is there anyone who will defend firing his brother who had nothing to do with Alexander's (subpoeaned) testimony? I know there are a lot of military or military adjacent posters on here. Maybe they can explain this in a positive light?

                    The Republican Party (minus Mittens) owns everything that's coming down the "pike".


                    Military officers/enlisted get ‘fired’ all the time. The President is the Commander in Chief and can move military personnel where he pleases. You obviously know nothing about how the military operates. The idea the president can’t tell military officers he no longer trust them and wants them gone, being illegal, is the stupidest thing I ever heard.
                    Last edited by lilpixieofterror; 02-07-2020, 09:04 PM.
                    "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                    GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                    • #11
                      Sondland gone too
                      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
                        Sondland gone too
                        The Democrats showed Trump where the rats were hiding. Elections have consequences!
                        Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                        Than a fool in the eyes of God


                        From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                          The Democrats showed Trump where the rats were hiding. Elections have consequences!
                          "Rats"
                          “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                            "Rats"
                            Rats, oh that's what Trumpsters call whistleblowers, and those who speak truth to power, or those like Sondland who tell the truth to save their own butts rather than to lie to save the Don. I'm afraid that they're just not very good democracy loving Americans those Trumpsters.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by JimL View Post
                              Rats, oh that's what Trumpsters call whistleblowers, and those who speak truth to power, or those like Sondland who tell the truth to save their own butts rather than to lie to save the Don. I'm afraid that they're just not very good democracy loving Americans those Trumpsters.
                              Trumpsters are only Trump-loving Americans (like Trump himself) NOT "democracy loving Americans".
                              “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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