Very moving Steve Schmidt tweet thread about bounties on US soldiers

[QED]

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[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

56. FOX NEWS harvested millions off the Islamic Radical trope, trashing Obama. Let's seem them stay mum.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Well done, Steve and you for putting it up this way...When I said FOUR fucking years ago

GOP prefers KGB to USA, most ignored me.

When we said there is NOTHING he will do that will matter to the GOP, we knew what we were saying. He is assisting in the murders of American soldiers and the GOP is silent.

America is broken, something we also said 4 yrs ago.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. "The whole rancid lot [of] apologists, collaborators and silent weaklings needs to be repudiated"

Every sitting Republican is complicit in the death and destruction now ongoing in America. Vote them ALL out.

[lapfog_1]

4. damn

"The CAO’s ( Casualty Assistance Officer’s) will arrive at the doorstep of an American family. There are always two and they will be dressed immaculately in the dress uniform of their service branch."

I remember it like it was yesterday.

The memory still hurts from 1973. I was only a teen and the only one home when they arrived with news about my older brother.

No family should go through what mine went through.

Goddam Trump to hell for doing NOTHING about sociopath Putin.

[BComplex]

11. OMG, lapfog_1. I'm so sorry about your brother. I was at the University of Texas

in 1973, and had lost so many of the kids I grew up with in the war.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Trump is a traitor, and should have been impeached for THAT, above all.

[QED]

16. That is heartbreaking, lapfog.

Sorry to stir up a sad memory for you.

I remember when my nephew was deployed to Afghanistan. Right after he arrived, we saw a news report of 4 soldiers killed by an IED in the same area. There was a news blackout - no contact, we didn't know anything. We waited...after about 24 hours we exhaled a bit because his wife hadn't had a knock on the door from his service. He was fine but very shaken, of course. Two of the men killed were about to go home and were taking the two new arrivals on a tour of the area.

[colorado_ufo]

28. So sorry for your loss and so sorry for the shock and burden that you received at that young age.

World War II:

My husband's father - Silver Star recipient, so many honors - was killed in a late night jeep accident while on a military errand. Bridge out. No sign. Jeep fell on top of him. The war had ended two weeks before, and his family was excitedly awaiting the day when, surely, he would be home.

When my mother-in-law, a young wife with a toddler (my husband) answered the door, she fainted, fell to the floor, and had to be revived.

Years passed, she remarried and had other children, but the pain never really went away. His mother and father, also (and such good people), never fully recovered.

One story, just one of thousands and thousands and thousands. And the traitor in the White House dishonors them all.

[Disaffected]

40. I was born in 1942.

Whenever I feel sorry for myself, I remember how lucky I was to have never been subjected to the horrors of war.

[demigoddess]

54. my father in WWII and Korea, Dad in Korea,Uncle in WWII, brother in Vietnam.

I lost no one of them to war. Thank heaven. My respect to those who have.

[calguy]

63. When I served in the Army from '69 - '72

I was fortunate to be stationed inside the US the entire time. However, three of my friend's names are on the Viet Man Memorial Wall.
It still hurts to this day.

[peacebuzzard]

73. We lost our youth during those years,

Those who went, and those who were left behind.

I am so sorry for your loss, and for all of us who lost a big piece of ourselves.

[colorado_ufo]

67. I also lost my uncle, my mother's brother, in WWII. MIA, Battle of Tarawa.

Sixteen months later, her other brother - still in his early teens - drowned in the Mississippi after falling from a boat that he was employed on. My father was blessed to come home, but injured - multiple Purple Hearts, Infantry, Bronze Star, Valor, multiple campaign medals (Pacific). My father-in-law served in Europe.

My father-in-law is buried in Belgium, my Uncle Bud is still MIA, so the families never received the remains. My grandmother lived with us, and until the day she died, every night the porch light was left on, just in case her son Bud might come home. Young Henry had a closed coffin funeral, as it took several days to recover his body from the mighty Mississippi.

All these wars - families endure so much. When will humanity every learn?

[peacebuzzard]

74. I was born in Saitama-Ken.

on the now-closed Johnson AFB. My Dad served WWII, did Normandy, Italy, then ended up in the Korean War.

He lived a long life but had a horrible end deep in South America. I wish I could recover his remains but his end was so tragic, that the story of what happened to him was confusing and his remains are nowhere to be found.

I wish I could place a plaque for him somewhere in a military cemetery. I do have his medals.

[MyOwnPeace]

69. Thank you, Colorado.....

What a beautiful tribute to such an awful memory and event. If only these idiots could see and feel the pain that they have allowed on behalf of such a flaming idiot......

And for you and your family and so many others:

[yardwork]

46. I am so sorry for your loss of your brother.

[Upthevibe]

66. lapfog_1....I'm so sorry to hear of your brother....

....................

[dhill926]

5. K & R...to infinity...

[mr_lebowski]

6. Since this is awesome (I mean, well written and poignant) I've reformatted in plain text

Note I also corrected a few mistakes and obviously formatted paragraphs as I saw fit

The CAO's (Casualty Assistance Officers) will arrive at the doorstep of an American family. There are always two and they will be dressed immaculately in the dress uniform of their service branch. It is their solemn duty to deliver the news that an American soldier, sailor, airman or marine has been killed in action.

The body or the remaining parts will be packed in ice and placed in an aluminum casket. The casket will be draped in the flag of the United States of America. It will be carried aboard a military aircraft past service members standing at attention and saluting their fallen comrade. That plane will land at Dover, Delaware and the family will be there to receive their loved one.

There will be an honor guard that carries the casket to the waiting hearse past service members standing at attention and saluting.

From the moment of death the body will have never been unaccompanied.

There will be a military funeral. Taps will be played and three volleys of rifle fire will crack the air. The flag will be folded and then presented to a young widow or widower on behalf of a grateful nation.

The Russians will pay the bounty for the dead American to an Afghan warlord.

The President of the United States knows this but he chooses to do worse than nothing.

He rewards the Russians. He fights for their interests. He fights to have them rejoin the G-7. He delights them by withdrawing American forces from Germany. He puts his illiberal cronies in charge of VOA. He doesn’t care about the dead American Soldier.

Trump went West Point and saw the young officers who will soon be targeted for death by Russian money. The cowardly Republican Senators will say nothing. They are too afraid to be tweeted at by Trump.

The whole rancid lot of apologists, collaborators and silent weaklings needs to be repudiated by the righteous rage of the American people in November. @ProjectLincoln

[QED]

9. Thank you for doing this!

Much easier to read.

[Dale Neiburg]

22. I agree -- poignant and moving!

Pedantic editorial note, though -- one remaining mistake in paragraph 3: "caries" refers to cavities in the teeth.

[mr_lebowski]

25. I am disappointed in myself for missing it!

Corrected! TY

[erronis]

50. Thank you. I can read the OP and can read via twitter. But the words without the chatter are better.

[sop]

72. This reminded me of a moving film from a few years ago, "Taking Chance," starring Kevin Bacon.

Sad, touching, beautiful movie.

[intheflow]

79. Thanks for this.

Did you also know there's a twitter app/bot that will do this for you? It's called Thread Reader.

Link to tweet

[GoCubsGo]

7. Am I the only one who thinks there's a good chance the Commander in Chief gets fragged over this?

Everyone in the military has to be spitting-nails furious over this.

[BComplex]

12. I've been amazed that hasn't happened before now.

It's a testament to the self-control and patience of our highest ranking military that they haven't. But one day trump is going to push them too far.

That day might be when he tries not to leave the white house.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Had that thought yesterday when this story broke.

[erronis]

47. And that's in the USSRs game plan. Violent upheaval in the US. Easy mark for total domination.

trump and mcconnel and (r)epuglicons being the rotten worms that destroy this wonderful country.

[Ilsa]

59. Good chance? I'd say no. But certainly not impossible.

I have a hunch his campaign will steer him away from military rallies going forward. Who knows? Maybe Putin has decided to put a bounty on trump's head.

[demmiblue]

8. For people having issues with Twitter:

The CAO’s ( Casualty Assistance Officer’s) will arrive at the doorstep of an American family. There are always two and they will be dressed immaculately in the dress uniform of their service branch. It is their solemn duty to deliver the news that an American soldier, sailor,

airman or marine has been killed in action. The body or the remaining parts will be packed in ice and placed in an aluminum casket. The casket will be draped in the flag of the United States of America. It will be carried aboard a military aircraft past service members

standing at attention and saluting their fallen comrade. That plane will land at Dover, Delaware and the family will be their to receive their loved one.

Their will be an honor guard that caries the casket to the waiting hearse past service members standing at attention and saluting. From the moment of death the body will have never been unaccompanied. There will be a military funeral. Taps will be played and three volleys

Of rifle fire will crack the air. The flag will be folded and then presented to a young widow or widower on behalf of a grateful nation. The Russians will pay the bounty for the dead American to an Afghan warlord. The President of the United States knows this but he chooses

To do worse than nothing. He rewards the Russians. He fights for their interests. He fights to have them rejoin the G-7. He delights them by withdrawing American forces from Germany. He puts his illiberal cronies in charge of VOA. He doesn’t care about the dead American

Soldier. Trump went West Point and saw the young officers who will soon be targeted for death by Russian money. The cowardly Republican Senators will say nothing. They are too afraid to be tweeted at by Trump. The whole rancid lot apologists, collaborators and silent weaklings

needs to be repudiated by the righteous rage of the American people in November. @ProjectLincoln

[Hekate]

36. Thank you, demmiblue

[mr_lebowski]

51. GMTA :) see post #6

[demmiblue]

53. Lol... I must have been working on it when you posted (1 minute apart).

[panader0]

10. I have been out of the loop.

Who broke this story?

[GoCubsGo]

17. The New York Times.

Corroborated by Wall St. Journal and others.

[colorado_ufo]

29. Including The Guardian. This is international news now.

Let's see the Orange Baboon hide from that.

[QED]

18. The NY Times

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says

"WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.

Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, are believed to have collected some bounty money, the officials said. Twenty Americans were killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2019, but it was not clear which killings were under suspicion.

The intelligence finding was briefed to President Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March, the officials said. Officials developed a menu of potential options — starting with making a diplomatic complaint to Moscow and a demand that it stop, along with an escalating series of sanctions and other possible responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step, the officials said."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[Disaffected]

42. Well, Trump probably doesn't believe it.

Putin "strongly, powerfully denied it" (and Russia doesn't interfere with US elections).

[fierywoman]

14. Lincoln Project: your next script.

[Hekate]

35. Yes

[Eyeball_Kid]

15. Trump isn't Commander-in-Chief of the US armed forces.

He's a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Armed Forces, an informant for the Russian security services, and an agent of Russian intelligence services.

If he's both, then he's a double agent. Except that he gets NO classified information from Russia. So he isn't a double agent. He's just a Russian stooge with a mountain of kompromat on his head.

[cojoel]

19. I like a lot of what Steve Schmidt has said and done lately

I just hope he understands that penance for Palin will require this for the rest of his life.

[Hekate]

43. McCain/Palin lost to Obama. Pretty sure that was his penance already.

[Sogo]

20. I just emailed this unrolled thread,

with spelling and punctuation corrected, to one of my Senators, Joni Ernst, and told her it was speaking about HER:

The CAOs ( Casualty Assistance Officers) will arrive at the doorstep of an American family. There are always two, and they will be dressed immaculately in the dress uniform of their service branch. It is their solemn duty to deliver the news that an American soldier, sailor, airman, or marine has been killed in action. The body of the remaining parts will be packed in ice and placed in an aluminum casket. The casket will be draped in the flag of the United States of America. It will be carried aboard a military aircraft past service members standing at attention and saluting their fallen comrade. That plane will land at Dover, Delaware, and the family will be there to receive their loved one. There will be an honor guard that caries the casket to the waiting hearse past service members standing at attention and saluting. From the moment of death, the body will have never been unaccompanied.

There will be a military funeral. Taps will be played and three volleys of rifle fire will crack the air. The flag will be folded and then presented to a young widow or widower on behalf of a grateful nation. The Russians will pay the bounty for the dead American to an Afghan warlord. The President of the United States knows this but he chooses to do worse than nothing. He rewards the Russians. He fights for their interests. He fights to have them rejoin the G-7. He delights them by withdrawing American forces from Germany. He puts his illiberal cronies in charge of VOA. He doesn’t care about the dead American soldiers. Trump went to West Point and saw the young officers who will soon be targeted for death by Russian money.

The cowardly Republican Senators will say nothing. They are too afraid to be tweeted at by Trump. The whole rancid lot of apologists, collaborators, and silent weaklings needs to be repudiated by the righteous rage of the American people in November.

[stage left]

24. Good idea nt.

[lastlib]

32. I'm sending it to My "senators"--(SINO)*

Roy-Boy Blunt and Josh "Whorely"--(MO)

(*senators In Name Only)

[mnhtnbb]

57. Great idea! I'll send it to Tillis in NC

Hoping to see him go down in flames in November.

[MyOwnPeace]

70. I'm in!

Same thing going off to Toomey (PA). My guess is that he's so busy cashing his checks from Wall Street that he doesn't know a damned thing about it - and also doesn't care.

None the less, the letter goes off and I'll get a "response" in 2 to 3 weeks telling me how the media doesn't know every thing that goes on and he has full confidence in BunkerBoy - but thanks for writing.

[Mike 03]

21. Kick and Rec

[Kitchari]

23. K&R n/t

[ResistantAmerican17]

26. There is no bottom for this despicable orange excrement. Period.

[lastlib]

49. --or his enablers.

That's part of why I want to see them utterly BURIED in November. They have become America's Chernobyl--a toxic, radioactive waste pile that needs to be covered with a concrete sarcophagus, surrounded by an exclusion zone for the next thousand years or ten.

[Mr.Bill]

27. The G7 should kick Trump out

and invite Gavin Newsom, the leader of the fifth largest economy in the world to join.

Just to piss Trump off.

[RicROC]

60. great idea!

[Xipe Totec]

30. K&R

[Evolve Dammit]

31. "The whole rancid lot.." Exactly. Add traitorous, rancid lot.

[Hekate]

33. Steve's a patriot & a human being. That brought tears to my eyes.

Trump and the GOP have no heart, no soul, and no honor.

Thanks, QED, for giving us the whole thing.

[QED]

38. I teared up too.

He has such a way with words.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Kicked and recommended.

[gademocrat7]

37. K&R!

IMPOTUS is a treasonous evil man.

[oasis]

39. Get this story out front. Kick and rec.

[ashredux]

44. What can be said....he nails it eloquently

[dlk]

45. Trump and the entire Republican Party are the worst kind of monsters

Anyone who can support them after this revelation is the worst kind of monster, too. Decent, patriotic Americans must make our voices heard at the ballot box. Not to vote is to give two votes to these vile, despicable monsters. We can’t let them win.

[MagickMuffin]

48. Paging Susan Collins I think he's learned his lesson

How's that going for you? You concerned again.

_ Very Concerned

_ Somewhat Concerned

_ Very little concerned



You had your chance to do the right thing and you choked!

[erronis]

55. She's on her swooning couch. Not to worry - hubby is a rich DC lobbyist (also R.C.)

And I'm sure because of her being responsible for personally playing politics with democracy while in the senate, that she will be well rewarded in this life, and in her eternal life.

[MontanaMama]

52. Kick.

The MF is a traitor.

[bronxiteforever]

58. Kick and recommend.

[smirkymonkey]

61. This cannot be tolerated.

I am tired of everyone giving Trump a pass for every evil thing he does. He has gone too far and he has to be stopped. November is too long to wait. He has to go now.

[QED]

62. I agree

When I read that Pence cancelled his trip to Arizona this week - and that IQ45 decided not to go to his NJ club - I thought something was up and maybe he was going to resign. Wishful thinking, of course. If the GOP were patriotic and believed in the Constitution, they'd pay him a visit a la Nixon and tell him it's time to go. After all, he's dragging down the entire GOP ticket.

[llmart]

76. I was thinking the same thing tonight.

I still think Pence's cancelled trips are suspicious. The closer we get to November the more likely it will be that he'll be forced to resign so that Pence could take over and pardon him, straight from the Nixon/Ford playbook.

If the GOP sees he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell and if they see their chances going in the same direction, they will try to get him to resign.

[Thekaspervote]

64. Th. For posting..very moving

[keithbvadu2]

65. The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.

Last edited Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:42 PM - Edit history (1)

The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/visit-to-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-of-all-his-family-s-sacrifices-he-writes-1.606501

[napi21]

71. OK, tell me why DT isn't being prosecuted for TREASON? As I read the law, treason is aiding the

enemy in a crime against the US. If I that's correct. why is he still occupying the WH?

[misanthrope]

75. Because Mitch McConnell enables Trump to such an extent

he can be viewed as complicit in this grand scheme. Amy McGrath should make hay with this.

[SunSeeker]

77. K & R & Retweeted!

[Glamrock]

78. FUCK YOU!

You built this you fucking asshole! You can scream to the heavens about how awful this guy is, but you helped build this with your devotion to the Southern Strategy. Until you acknowledge and apologize? you can kiss my ass!

[tazmaniac]

80. Thank you for posting and

thank you to Steve Schmidt. NOW charge the orange devil with treason and get him out!!!