ext_5844 ([identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2014-11-12 06:07 pm

Oopsy!





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[identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
I was shocked that he claimed to have taken the kill shot, but moreso that he said we wasn't sure if it was the best or the worst thing he had ever done in his life.

[identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't read up on this, but I'm guessing that the scandal is that he talked at all, right? Did he get clearance?

[identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I also wonder if he is full of shit, either way, its odd stuff.

[identity profile] johnny9fingers.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
CNN seems to have borrowed FAUX News' sub-eds.

[identity profile] catlin.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Taking a man's life SHOULD weigh heavily. You SHOULD have to think hard on if it was good or bad. When it becomes Easy, you should stop being a soldier or a cop.

[identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Good point.

[identity profile] telemann.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
No clearance. And the commander in charge of those seal teams, reissued another letter, restating that they work as teams, not individuals.

Rachel Maddow had a historical perspective on the origin of these special forces, and the raid that nabbed OBL. (http://on.msnbc.com/1Enp1bK)

Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, talks with Rachel Maddow about the cultural code among elite military members of “quiet professionalism” and the unseemly violation of that ethos by those seeking credit for killing Osama bin Laden.

[identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised there aren't real penalties. I would think it's a little like revealing classified state secrets.

[identity profile] telemann.livejournal.com 2014-11-13 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there will be, from this point on, with new contracts with non-disclosure clauses, requiring a signature, to prevent this from ever happening again.

[identity profile] lafinjack.livejournal.com 2014-11-16 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi there, I'm a mod for [livejournal.com profile] randompictures and this would be a great post over there! Please join!

[identity profile] op-tech-glitch.livejournal.com 2014-11-17 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
See also (and if you're not following this guy on Facebook or elsewhere, you definitely ought to be).

https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/748407701861302 (https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/748407701861302)