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[–] TXWYNMTX ago 

I got as far as New York Times

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[–] LakotaPride 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Patriot, I suspect this is why they got rid of Seal Team 6, so the truth would never get out, never SOP to hover over a hot LZ for 15 minutes. and air support was denied assistance to the CH 47 when they saw the enemy approaching that Helo. when I read the article it smelled like a set up .

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[–] spartans0300 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Perhaps, but it is also worth considering exactly how McRaven became an Admiral and went on to become a 4-Star flag officer.

I served under McRaven, I know him, and I can tell you that he is without any doubt - 100% politician. He did not become a politician once he became a flag officer, rather he climbed the military rank structure as a politician.....because he was a politician. He flourished under Obama...who gave him his 4th Star and appointed him Commander of USSOCOM, when any free-thinking senior officer was purged from the military by Obama. He has repeatedly expressed undying support for the traitorous former CIA Director John O. Brennan and Time Magazine previously named McRaven "Man of the Year". That should tell everyone something.

How many flag officers in any service do you really think we have who are not "gut-eating politicians" who will do as told by political masters for the next promotion or "golden parachute".....and are permanently indebted to - if not a card carrying member of the 'politburo". Do civilians really think every "suck-ass" flag officer is an authority on military operations or a hero to be admired? Get real. I can count on one hand the flag officers who I truly respect. You do not make flag officer without being a "team player" which is the code word for "yes man".

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[–] Awakenednotbroke 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Not only a yes man, but a wimpy-looking one too. Not a bit of Alpha in that guy. I was wondering how he achieved rank.

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[–] beefartist 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

You don't rise way up the ranks in the military by being an alpha...did you not just read what you responded to?

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[–] POdPatriot 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Best post I've read here in a long time - and absolutely true.

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[–] CAPT_ALOHA ago  (edited ago)

Spartan: After serving 20 years in the USN that's exactly how I've always seen it ... if you make O-5 you have to become of member of "the club" from that point on. They are indeed "politicians in uniform". Not always, but in general you won't make O-6 (or higher) unless you're a member of "the club". And that club likes to promote from within -- kind of makes it self-sustaining.

IMO that elite "club" consists 80%+ of ass-kissers and yes-men. And that's how I see McRaven and several others I can name. Many (most?) of the hard-core "warrior class" were cashiered for one reason or another under Obama and to be honest, to a lesser degree under "W" and Slick-Willy with the initial purge beginning after Tailhook '91.

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[–] beefartist 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They would have been better to have presented a jar of giblets and said it was him rather than the obvious "dump him in the ocean" bullshit

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[–] RakerKey 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

McRaven is going to get his wings clipped soon