"unprecedented," according to Vanderbilt history prof.http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-choice-of-generals-for-top-posts-raises-concerns-1481157356 …
General hypocrisy. Obama appoints 3 generals (Jones, Shinsheki, Blair). Cool. Trump appoints 3 generals (Mattis, Kelly, Flynn). Concerning.
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Flynn is a nutbag and Mattis is not allowed to be Defense Secretary. That's the difference
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actually Mattis is allowed to be defense secretary! If he wasn't he wouldn't be nominated!
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Wrong. The 7 year rule actually has to be changed to allow Mattis to be confirmed.
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doesn't have to be changed at all just waived, will not be the 1st or last.
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and “may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty.” 2/2
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but can be waived by congress
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So we have to change a law to allow for Don's appointment to be legal! So if you can't play by the rules, change them? Nice
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we don't have to change a law just waive it law will still be in place. These waivers should be extremely rare which
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Agree. I have no problem with a reasonable number of military leaders in the mix. I am, however, deeply concerned about EPA etc
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why so concerned when Obama EPA did this?https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2015/08/10/us/colorado-epa-mine-river-spill/index.html …
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? No one said pollution was ok under any. D&R aren't sports teams teams- there's no "winner" if the planet dies
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It helps that the generals don't do crazy conspiracy theories and aren't called 'Mad Dog'...
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Read up on GEN Mattis' track record as a leader. Then, by all means, offer an informed opinion.
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I was referring to Mattis' nick & resulting appearance, not his record. Criticism of Flynn is substantial tho.
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his resulting appearance is due to civilian ignorance of war fighting.
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Yes, well, any civilian appointee called 'mad dog' would be a serious cause for concern.
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2/2 live fire situations to see his Marines. That doesn't happen often.
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I respect that - but 95% of the population doesn't know that does it, right?
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I mean at the end of the day its whatever. He's going to get confirmed full stop.
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