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124 former military generals & admirals sign open letter warning against dire situation

Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:42 pm
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18187 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:42 pm
Source: Open Letter

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Open Letter from Retired Generals and Admirals

Our Nation is in deep peril. We are in a fight for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776. The conflict is between supporters of Socialism and Marxism vs. supporters of Constitutional freedom and liberty.

During the 2020 election an “Open Letter from Senior Military Leaders” was signed by 317 retired Generals and Admirals and, it said the 2020 election could be the most important election since our country was founded. “With the Democrat Party welcoming Socialists and Marxists, our historic way of life is at stake.” Unfortunately, that statement’s truth was quickly revealed, beginning with the election process itself.

Without fair and honest elections that accurately reflect the “will of the people” our Constitutional Republic is lost. Election integrity demands insuring there is one legal vote cast and counted per citizen. Legal votes are identified by State Legislature’s approved controls using government IDs,verified signatures, etc. Today, many are calling such commonsense controls “racist” in an attempt to avoid having fair and honest elections. Using racial terms to suppress proof of eligibility is itself a tyrannical intimidation tactic. Additionally, the “Rule of Law” must be enforced in our election processes to ensure integrity. The FBI and Supreme Court must act swiftly when election irregularities are surfaced and not ignore them as was done in 2020. Finally, H.R.1 & S.1, (if passed), would destroy election fairness and allow Democrats to forever remain in power violating our Constitution and ending our Representative Republic.

Aside from the election, the Current Administration has launched a full-blown assault on our Constitutional rights in a dictatorial manner, bypassing the Congress, with more than 50 Executive Orders quickly signed, many reversing the previous Administration’s effective policies and regulations. Moreover, population control actions such as excessive lockdowns, school and business closures, and most alarming, censorship of written and verbal expression are all direct assaults on our fundamental Rights. We must support and hold accountable politicians who will act to counter Socialism, Marxism and Progressivism, support our Constitutional Republic, and insist on fiscally responsible governing while focusing on all Americans, especially the middle class, not special interest or extremist groups which are used to divide us into warring factions.

Additional National Security Issues and Actions:

•Open borders jeopardize national security by increasing human trafficking, drug cartels, terrorists entry, health/CV19 dangers, and humanitarian crises. Illegals are flooding our Country bringing high economic costs, crime, lowering wages, and illegal voting in some states. We must reestablish border controls and continue building the wall while supporting our dedicated border control personnel.Sovereign nations must have controlled borders.

•China is the greatest external threat to America. Establishing cooperative relations with the Chinese Communist Party emboldens them to continue progress toward world domination, militarily,economically, politically and technologically. We must impose more sanctions and restrictions to impede their world domination goal and protect America’s interests.

•The free flow of information is critical to the security of our Republic, as illustrated by freedom of speech and the press being in the 1st Amendment of our Constitution. Censoring speech and expression, distorting speech, spreading disinformation by government officials, private entities, and the media is a method to suppress the free flow of information, a tyrannical technique used in closed societies. We must counter this on all fronts beginning with removing Section 230 protection from big tech.

•Re-engaging in the flawed Iran Nuclear Deal would result in Iran acquiring nuclear weapons along with the means to deliver them, thereby upsetting Mideast peace initiatives and aiding a terrorist nation whose slogans and goals include “death to America” and “death to Israel” . We must resist the new China/Iran agreement and not support the Iran Nuclear Deal. In addition, continue with the Mideast peace initiatives, the “Abraham Accords,” and support for Israel.

•Stopping the Keystone Pipeline eliminates our recently established energy independence and causes us to be energy dependent on nations not friendly to us, while eliminating valuable US jobs. We must open the Keystone Pipeline and regain our energy independence for national security and economic reasons.

•Using the U.S. military as political pawns with thousands of troops deployed around the U.S. Capitol Building, patrolling fences guarding against a non-existent threat, along with forcing Politically Correct policies like the divisive critical race theory into the military at the expense of the War Fighting Mission, seriously degrades readiness to fight and win our Nation’s wars, creating a major national security issue. We must support our Military and Vets; focus on war fighting, eliminate the corrosive infusion of Political Correctness into our military which damages morale and war fighting cohesion.

•The “Rule of Law” is fundamental to our Republic and security. Anarchy as seen in certain cities cannot be tolerated. We must support our law enforcement personnel and insist that DAs, our courts, and the DOJ enforce the law equally, fairly, and consistently toward all.

•The mental and physical condition of the Commander in Chief cannot be ignored. He must be able to quickly make accurate national security decisions involving life and limb anywhere, day or night.Recent Democrat leadership’s inquiries about nuclear code procedures sends a dangerous national security signal to nuclear armed adversaries, raising the question about who is in charge. We must always have an unquestionable chain of command.

Under a Democrat Congress and the Current Administration, our Country has taken a hard left turn toward Socialism and a Marxist form of tyrannical government which must be countered now by electing congressional and presidential candidates who will always act to defend our Constitutional Republic. The survival of our Nation and its cherished freedoms, liberty, and historic values are at stake.

We urge all citizens to get involved now at the local, state and/or national level to elect political representatives who will act to Save America, our Constitutional Republic, and hold those currently in office accountable. The “will of the people” must be heard and followed.
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18187 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:42 pm to
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Signed by:
RADM Ernest B . Acklin, USCG, ret.
MG Joseph T. Anderson, USMC, ret.
RADM Philip Anselmo, USN, ret.
MG Joseph Arbuckle, USA, ret.
BG John Arick, USMC, ret.
RADM Jon W. Bayless, Jr. USN, ret.
RDML James Best, USN, ret.
BG Charles Bishop, USAF, ret.
BG William A. Bloomer, USMC, ret.
BG Donald Bolduc, USA, ret.
LTG William G. Boykin, USA, ret.
MG Edward R. Bracken, USAF, ret.
MG Patrick H. Brady, MOH, USA, ret.
VADM Edward S. Briggs, USN, ret.
LTG Richard “Tex’ Brown III USAF, ret.
BG Frank Bruno, USAF, ret.
VADM Toney M. Bucchi, USN, ret.
RADM John T. Byrd, USN, ret.
BG Jimmy Cash, USAF, ret.
LTG Dennis D. Cavin, USA, ret.
LTG James E. C hambers, USAF, ret.
MG Carroll D . Childers, USA, ret.
BG C lifton C . “Tip” Clark, USAF, ret.
VADM Ed Clexton, USN, ret.
MG Jay Closner, USAF, ret
MG Tommy F . Crawford, USAF, ret.
MG Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, ret.
BG Phillip Drew, USAF, ret.
MG Neil L. Eddins, USAF, ret.
RADM Ernest Elliot, USN, ret.
BG Jerome V. Foust, USA, ret.
BG Jimmy E. Fowler, USA, ret.
RADMU J. Cameron Fraser, USN, ret.
MG John T. Furlow, USA, ret.
MG Timothy F . Ghormley, USMC, ret.
MG Francis C. Gideon, USAF, ret.
MG William A. Gorton, USAF, ret.
MG Lee V. Greer, USAF, ret.
RDML Michael R. Groothousen, Sr., USN, ret.
BG John Grueser, USAF, ret.
MG Ken Hagemann, USAF, ret.
BG Norman Ham, USAF, ret.
VADM William Hancock, USN, ret.
LTG Henry J. H atch, USA, ret.
BG James M. Hesson, USA, ret.
MG Bill Hobgood, USA, ret.
BG Stanislaus J. Hoey, USA, ret.
MG Bob Hollingsworth, USMC, ret.
MG Jerry D . Holmes, USAF, ret.
MG Clinton V. Horn, USAF, ret.
LTG Joseph E. Hurd, USAF, ret.
VADM Paul Ilg, USN, ret.
MG T. Irby, USA, ret.
LTG Ronald Iverson, USAF, ret.
RADM (L) Grady L. Jackson
MG William K. James, USAF, ret.
LTG James H. Johnson, Jr. USA, ret.
ADM. Jerome L. Johnson, USN, ret.
BG Charles Jones, USAF, ret.
BG Robert R. Jordan, USA, ret.
BG J ack H. Kotter, USA, ret.
MG Anthony R. Kropp, USA, ret.
RADM Chuck Kubic, USN, ret.
BG Jerry L. Laws, USA, ret.
BG Douglas E. Lee, USA, ret.
MG Vernon B. Lewis, USA, ret.
MG Thomas G. Lightner, USA, ret.
MG James E. Livingston, USMC, ret.
MOH MG John D. L ogeman, USAF, ret.
MG Jarvis Lynch, USMC, ret.
LTG Fred McCorkle, USMC, ret.
MG Don McGregor, USAF, ret.
LTG Thomas McInerney, USAF, ret.
RADM John H. McKinley, USN, ret.
BG Michael P. McRaney, USAF, ret.
BG Ronald S. Mangum, USA, ret.
BG James M. Mead, USMC, ret.
BG Joe Mensching, USAF, ret.
RADM W. F . Merlin, USCG, ret.
RADM (L) Mark Milliken, USN, ret.
MG John F. Miller, USAF, ret.
RADM Ralph M. Mitchell, Jr. USN, ret.
MG P aul Mock, USA. ret.
BG Daniel I. Montgomery, USA, ret.,
RADM John A. Moriarty, USN, ret.,
RADM David R . Morris, USN, ret.
RADM Bill Newman, USN, ret.
BG Joe Oder, USA, ret.
MG O’Mara, USAF, ret.
MG J oe S. Owens, USA, ret.
VADM Jimmy Pappas, USN, ret.
LTG Garry L. P arks, USMC, ret.
RADM Russ Penniman, RADM, USN, ret.
RADM Leonard F. Picotte, ret.
VADM John Poindexter, USN, ret.
RADM Ronald Polant, USCG, ret.
MG Greg P ower, USAF, ret.
RDM Brian Prindle, USN, ret.
RADM J.J. Quinn, USN, ret.
LTG Clifford H. Rees, Jr. USAF, ret.
RADM Norman T . Saunders, USCG, ret.
MG Richard V . Secord, USAF, ret.
RADM William R. Schmidt, USN, ret.
LTG Hubert Smith, USA, ret.
MG James N. Stewart, USAF, ret.
RADM Thomas Stone, USN., ret.
BG Joseph S. Stringham, USA, ret.
MG Michael Sullivan, USMC, ret.
RADM (U) Jeremy Taylor, USN, ret.
LTG David Teal, USAF, ret.
VADM Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, ret.
RADM Robert P. Tiernan, USN, ret.
LTG Garry Trexler, USAF, ret.
BG James T. Turlington, M.D., USAF, ret.
BG Richard J. Valente, USA ret.
MG Paul Vallely, USA, ret.
MG Russell L. Violett, USAF, ret.
BG George H . Walker, Jr. USAR Corp of Engineers, ret.
MG Kenneth Weir, USMCR, ret.
BG William O. Welch, USAF, ret.
MG John M. White, USAF, ret.
MG Geoffrey P. Wiedeman, JR. USAF, ret.
MG Richard O. Wightman, Jr., USA, ret.
RADM Denny Wisely, USN, ret.
RADM Ray Cowden Witter, USN, ret.
LTG John Woodward, ret.
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 3:48 pm
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66364 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:43 pm to
holy wall of text, Batman!
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65887 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:43 pm to
Sadly France was ahead of us on this issue....
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54806 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:47 pm to
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bypassing the Congress, with more than 50 Executive Orders quickly signed, many reversing the previous Administration’s effective policies and regulations.

Can't get mad when your "side" does it, too. Executive Order is a big problem for our country, and it has nothing at all to do with which party has control of the White House.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22127 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:47 pm to
Don't you know that this only has impact when a Republican is in office?
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18187 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:49 pm to
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holy wall of text, Batman!


I submitted first and then cleaned it up.



The fact that this group even exists is quite significant.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
3442 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:50 pm to
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bypassing the Congress, with more than 50 Executive Orders quickly signed, many reversing the previous Administration’s effective policies and regulations.


Trump did the same thing
Posted by ScubaTiger
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2003
4122 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:52 pm to
Politics board, please.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
16110 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:53 pm to
it really doesn't matter what party is in charge - the other party will be outraged.

the fact of the matter is - neither party has done overall shite for any of the little guys. they are in it for their own well being, and look out for the lobbyists - we the people do not matter.
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
30273 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:54 pm to
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The fact that this group even exists is quite significant.

significant, but what exactly do these military retirees intend to actually DO?

As an example they mention "continue building the wall" to deal with illegal immigration. Do these retirees plan to fund the Wall?
Posted by A Smoke Break
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2018
2064 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:55 pm to
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16479 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:58 pm to
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The mental and physical condition of the Commander in Chief cannot be ignored. He must be able to quickly make accurate national security decisions involving life and limb anywhere, day or night.Recent Democrat leadership’s inquiries about nuclear code procedures sends a dangerous national security signal to nuclear armed adversaries, raising the question about who is in charge. We must always have an unquestionable chain of command.


Damn.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90878 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 3:58 pm to
Time for a coup
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18187 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:02 pm to
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Time for a coup


It's quite a significant shot across the bow. The fact that this group is talking about these matters and have formed into an organization shows that they may very well be organizing in other manners as well.

I don't really give a shite about the 2 party system or Trump for that matter. I do think he won and the election was stolen but all I really care about is freedom and for this country to stay that way. We don't have freedom when someone steals an election. All they have to do is audit the damn election if they are so confident that there was no fraud. But every attempt to do so has been demonized and undermined, which says to me that they are definitely hiding massive fraud.

Trump was a big government fool too. He was better than the imposter AH in the WH now, though.
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 4:04 pm
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79322 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:02 pm to
I can't wait to see our hero media establishment declare how traitorous this is to undermine our democracy and this administration just as America is regaining its footing after the Trump disaster
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16479 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:03 pm to
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Time for a coup


The coup has already taken place. It’s time to undo the coup.
Posted by Nigel Farage
South of the Mason-Dixon
Member since Dec 2019
1211 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:04 pm to
Damn first all those French Generals signed that letter about the Islamization of France and now this. The French brass has emboldened others around the world, wouldn’t be surprised to see this trend continue. If the military doesn’t back your government then it might be a matter of time before they take action.

In France the first letter was signed by a bunch of retired generals former military brass, this was followed up by a second one from active duty members. I wonder if we get a second letter in a few weeks.
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 4:24 pm
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
NWA
Member since Jan 2012
6562 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:05 pm to
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Time for a coup
Can the FBI agent that is now monitoring this thread order me a Papa Johns 'roni pizza?
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 4:06 pm
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
1504 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 4:20 pm to
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Using the U.S. military as political pawns

Pot meet kettle
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