The Soapbox

Lazarus

Joined: 07/05/2002 Posts: 12174
Likes: 23080


News You Can Use pt II: Admiral Hoo helped kill Bin Laden proves Trump is a


liar. Bin Laden is dead. Seal Team Six is alive.


To a degree without modern precedent, an astonishing number of retired American military leaders have stepped up in recent months to denounce Donald Trump, endorse Joe Biden, or both. The list includes four former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, each of whom have publicly slammed the incumbent president ahead of his re-election bid.

Retired Adm. William McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, is perhaps best known to Americans as the Navy SEAL who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In a new op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the retired admiral talks about the ballot he cast this week in Texas.

Truth be told, I am a pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, small-government, strong-defense and a national-anthem-standing conservative. But, I also believe that black lives matter, that the Dreamers deserve a path to citizenship, that diversity and inclusion are essential to our national success, that education is the great equalizer, that climate change is real and that the First Amendment is the cornerstone of our democracy. Most important, I believe that America must lead in the world with courage, conviction and a sense of honor and humility.

He added, "I voted for Joe Biden."

"Now, the world no longer looks up to America. They have been witness to our dismissiveness, our lack of respect and our transactional approach to global issues. They have seen us tear up our treaties, leave our allies on the battlefield and cozy up to despots and dictators. They have seen our incompetence in handling the pandemic and the wildfires. They have seen us struggle with social injustice. They no longer think we can lead, because they have seen an ineptness and a disdain for civility that is beyond anything in their memory. But, without American leadership the world will indeed be transformed, just not in the way we hope."

#twoweeksleft #truthoverlies


Posted: 10/20/2020 at 10:18AM



+13

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


Current Thread:
  Trump has a 96% GOP approval rating. ** -- ryno hoo 10/20/2020 11:37AM
  This link says otherwise... -- HoodatB 10/20/2020 12:10PM
  Kodak ** -- HoodatB 10/20/2020 12:07PM
  But the problem is....... -- Shenhoo 10/20/2020 11:45AM
  Shows that Repubs are fucked up, period ** -- 81_Hokie 10/20/2020 12:06PM
  Wow William McRaven rocks!!!!!!!!!!! ** -- HoodatB 10/20/2020 10:48AM
  Please don't be yourself ** -- WarmHoo 10/20/2020 12:02PM
  "Leopard change your spots." ** -- HowieT3 10/20/2020 11:14AM
  Lara POS Trump. ** -- Lazarus 10/20/2020 11:42AM
  Why is Jake mansplaining? ** -- Hoodafan 10/20/2020 11:25AM
  That's not how any of this works. -- ResistHoo 10/20/2020 12:02PM
  Four score and seven years ago..? -- Hoobedoobedoo 10/20/2020 11:49AM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781
vm307