Key witness in Trump's impeachment Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman says speaking out ended his
21-year military career following 'a campaign
of bullying, intimidation and retaliation' from
the White House
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Harriet Alexander
Original Article
Posted By: zephyrgirl,
8/1/2020 4:46:41 PM
One of the key figures in the impeachment of Donald Trump has described being forced into retirement by 'a campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation', and likened the current government of the United States to the dictatorship of the Soviet Union. Lt Colonel Alexander Vindman, 45, wrote a scathing op ed in The Washington Post on Saturday - the first day of his retirement. 'At no point in my career or life have I felt our nation's values under greater threat and in more peril than at this moment,' said the Ukrainian-born lieutenant colonel.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Doc1 8/1/2020 4:47:38 PM (No. 496931)
Good riddance.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Californian 8/1/2020 4:53:17 PM (No. 496938)
Now he's free to start his career as secretary of defense of his native Ukraine.
No divided loyalties for this guy! Lol
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/1/2020 4:53:26 PM (No. 496940)
Perjury and insubordination is a fast way to get thrown out of the military. Arrogance, ignorance, and grandiosity didn't inspire Vindman's superiors with admiration, nor anyone having the bad luck of meeting him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Phantomll 8/1/2020 4:54:48 PM (No. 496941)
Arrogant expletive deleted!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
vrb8m 8/1/2020 4:55:00 PM (No. 496942)
Oh, please. What a drama queen.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Avikingman 8/1/2020 4:55:00 PM (No. 496943)
Doughboy's a little cranky. And even the WAPO had to let some of the swamp gas out.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Condor44 8/1/2020 4:55:25 PM (No. 496944)
P@ssy crybaby. Was he in the US Army or the Brownie Scouts. I can't believe this sissy made it to LtCol. I really think.he was either a Russian or Ukrainian plant.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Jebediah 8/1/2020 4:57:16 PM (No. 496945)
Don't cry for me, Argentina.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ramona 8/1/2020 5:00:08 PM (No. 496946)
Here's a real treat - Rep. Mike Turner questions the weasel during the impeachment hearings. Put him firmly in his place, making him contradict his written statement several times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czz2tYEhgNc
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/1/2020 5:07:14 PM (No. 496951)
Nice try, Vindie. Now go get a job, pal.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
watashiyo 8/1/2020 5:07:17 PM (No. 496952)
Loser. .....a Fat Loser.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
proactus 8/1/2020 5:07:44 PM (No. 496954)
Always reminded me of a modern day Frank Burns.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
marbles 8/1/2020 5:08:22 PM (No. 496955)
Whatever............bye .
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Vesicant 8/1/2020 5:08:40 PM (No. 496956)
Because he did it in uniform. You tell insubordinate lies in your uniform, you lose your uniform.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ben Around 8/1/2020 5:10:01 PM (No. 496957)
He impressed me as a sissy boi, not a tough military man. I was wondering on what basis he got his promotions.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DEW JR 78 8/1/2020 5:10:40 PM (No. 496958)
Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out!! Our Military will be far better off without this cry baby looser.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Fasteddie 8/1/2020 5:19:39 PM (No. 496962)
Awwww - poor widdle baby. Somebody hurt his widdle feelings and now he's all sad and crying.....
33 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
DARling 8/1/2020 5:22:55 PM (No. 496964)
If you spy on your commander-in-chief and report your information to someone outside of your chain of command, you deserve to be thrown into the dustbin of history, at the very least. Vindman simply did not like who his commander-in-chief was. I can imagine he was loyal to the tips of his fingers and toes about any of the numerous indiscretions of the Obama administration.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 8/1/2020 5:34:33 PM (No. 496971)
And his point is???
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
droopydog 8/1/2020 5:37:53 PM (No. 496975)
They are all talking about retaliation. I suspect that this will be the theme of their criminal defense.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/1/2020 5:41:27 PM (No. 496978)
Considering he violated his oath of service to create a scandal out of whole clothe, lied, made overtures to a foreign government about switching loyalties... this guy should have been in a cellar somewhere being interrogated into spilling his guts on this conspiracy.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
NotaBene 8/1/2020 5:42:34 PM (No. 496980)
This ingrate came to US with a program for resettlement of Jews from the USSR. There is no gratitude in this uniformed martinet. His pal Eric Ciaramella from the CIA is the unpunished whistleblower that used Vindman’s information about the Ukraine.
Another Russian immigrant was the Subsource for the imaginary Fusion GPS Dossier organized by Nellie Ohr and the MI6 guy. This Russian worked for the Hall woman at the Democrat think-tank run by Strobe Talbott who personally took the Russia Russia Dossier to the Kerry Department of State for Shearer, Blumenthal, and Victoria Nuland to disseminate. Strobe Talbott hates Russians and wrote a book, which I read, accusing Russians of antisemitism they expressed not knowing he was one. The swamp runs deep.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Norway 8/1/2020 5:42:42 PM (No. 496981)
It should have landed that anti-American rump-ranger in Leavenworth.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Italiano 8/1/2020 5:56:35 PM (No. 496990)
Interesting Soviet Union reference, considering what Putin would have done with him. Justifiably so.
As
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Presumably at this point in his career he held a Regular Army commission. As a retired officer he remains subject to the UCMJ. And if he pushes his luck sufficiently he can be recalled to active duty for the sole purpose of charging him and trying him for the relevant offense.
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I have no sympathy!
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Lying is now called “speaking out”? K!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
DVC 8/1/2020 6:13:12 PM (No. 497003)
This lying traitor deserves a firing squad.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/1/2020 6:14:09 PM (No. 497004)
A whining wuss. Hardly a credit to the Ukraine or to our military.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Shmowry1 8/1/2020 6:21:10 PM (No. 497011)
People saying the truth about Vindman, were speaking out about the bullying, intimidation, and retaliation perpetrated by him and all of his handlers on Schiff’s staff and in the IG’s office.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Merlin251 8/1/2020 6:21:17 PM (No. 497012)
Sorry Ltc. Vindman, but 'YOU' ruined your own military career by violating your oath as an officer for political gain, and committing treason. Keep in mind that you can still be called back to active duty, be court-martialed, and sent away too Leavenworth!!! You are simply reaping what you've sown!!!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
SavageRider 8/1/2020 6:41:17 PM (No. 497034)
Where's my tiny violin? This traitor should have been courtmartialed, booted out and his pension denied. This freak was spying on the President of the United States.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
JustCause 8/1/2020 6:50:56 PM (No. 497044)
He's trying to stay in the limelight so he can get that audition for a CNN contributor gig.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/1/2020 7:00:14 PM (No. 497052)
Panty-wetting, pearl-clutching Lt. Col in the Air Farce. He deserves every thing he has and will get. Any your silly twit twin. That's one guy's opinion, anyway.
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I'm still watching. Enjoyable watching this little weasel taken down so nicely by our super intelligent Republican Representatives and counsel.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 8/1/2020 7:15:14 PM (No. 497061)
You can't expect an Army Colonel to stand up to bullying.
That's asking too much.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
davew 8/1/2020 7:38:31 PM (No. 497084)
I don't think any real dictator worthy of the title would have let you try to take him out in a conspiracy with political traitors like Schiff and then just resign with full rank and pension. If Trump was really the dictator you claim he is no one would have ever heard of you or found your body.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 8/1/2020 7:48:16 PM (No. 497087)
I guess he never heard of General Flynn. This asshat was used by the Democrats and discarded because he exceeded his expiration date. Maybe the Russians or Chinese will hire him because no real American firm will hire a publicly disloyal person. Look before you leap!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 8/1/2020 7:55:28 PM (No. 497090)
This second rater launched a political attack against his Commander in Chief with nothing but his personal opinion to go on and he is surprised and is whining about blowback? This guy is too dumb to have held the position that he did. He is pathetic and deserves what he got.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
chance_232 8/1/2020 7:59:11 PM (No. 497092)
Oh please......
Had he spoken out against Clinton, he would have had some horrible accident or committed suicide with toilet paper.
Under Obama, he would have been canned and probably convicted of some trumped up charge long before he would have "testified".
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
David Key 8/1/2020 8:00:07 PM (No. 497093)
Military members who inject them into partisan politics get what they deserve. He got what he deserved.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
XCenturion 8/1/2020 8:45:52 PM (No. 497111)
Real military officers don't act the way this treacherous rat did. Go get a gig with MSNBC.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
coldoc 8/1/2020 8:46:10 PM (No. 497112)
Stereotypical Obama military. Political weasel.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
hershey 8/1/2020 8:54:23 PM (No. 497116)
Hey man, you want some cheese and bread with that whine????
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 8/1/2020 9:14:37 PM (No. 497124)
Too bad, Vindman. Your career is over. Take a hike. Where were you during the 8 years reign of terror by Obama when he downsized the military, scrapped ships, no spare parts for planes and took daily meals away from our soldiers? Go work for a 7-11. Maybe you'll run into Biden there after Nov 3rd.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
judy 8/1/2020 9:15:49 PM (No. 497125)
Get a job...CNN is hiring libs!
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
JohnWayne 8/1/2020 10:07:36 PM (No. 497139)
Newman
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
bobn.t 8/1/2020 10:41:15 PM (No. 497152)
Bunk
I didnt believe him for a minute. He lied.
Adios traitor.
Disgrace to the uniform.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
milwaukeeroad 8/1/2020 10:45:20 PM (No. 497156)
Macho Vidman is simply too effeminate to be taken seriously. Whadda twit.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
Truth Czar 8/1/2020 10:56:03 PM (No. 497159)
Vindman is a disgusting slovenly FAT BODY and should have been discharged for failing to meet height/weight standards.
5 people like this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
Tanker76 8/1/2020 11:15:10 PM (No. 497166)
Failing to live up to the low standards he set for himself
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/1/2020 11:49:31 PM (No. 497177)
He should probably shut up before he loses that lucrative pension we pay for. Forced into retirement is a great way to go in a one sided justice system.
4 people like this.
Reply 53 - Posted by:
Nimby 8/2/2020 12:33:35 AM (No. 497186)
When a bone head doesn’t recognize his C-i-C, he deserves to be booted out
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
judy 8/2/2020 3:12:31 AM (No. 497191)
Well here cones another I Hate Trump book from another bitter WH reject.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Trigger2 8/2/2020 3:32:27 AM (No. 497198)
It ended 21 years of him working against and hating our country. Too bad; so sad. Not.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
PChristopher 8/2/2020 5:25:41 AM (No. 497230)
Now you know how General Flynn and Paul Manafort and Roger Stone feel...except that YOU deserve everything you get.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 8/2/2020 5:57:39 AM (No. 497238)
Should have been courtmartialed....nothing less.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 8/2/2020 6:32:36 AM (No. 497248)
Oh, the fatso with all the shiny medals gots his feewings hurted?
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 8/2/2020 9:21:07 AM (No. 497410)
A slimy fat weasel whose uniform always looks 2 sizes too mall. Does not speak well for the military's current situation.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Muguy 8/2/2020 10:31:51 AM (No. 497510)
One of the priorities of the Nobama administration was getting rid of the higher up brass in the military who might go against him.
Vindman as a GREAT fit for Nobama and his weenie military leaders, who only testified because he was "offended" by the Commander in Chief and it was HE who had to stand in for the traitor "whistler blower".
There was not "there" there when Mr. Trump released the transcript of the call, and Vindman disgraced himself trying to create some sort of something when prodded by the Dems...
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
msjena 8/2/2020 10:45:37 AM (No. 497529)
If you try to kill the king, you’d best succeed.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/2/2020 10:46:14 AM (No. 497532)
What he really means is that the truth came out and made it impossible even for a shameless traitor like him to continue.
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How did this guy ever get into West Point? Whine, whine, whimper , wail!
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What a hysteric. An authoritarian regime would have either sent him to the gulag or executed him for treason.