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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Defense Secretary is a coward, backtracks to appease trump.
Esper appears to backtrack on Beirut explosion cause after White House pushbackWashington (CNN)Defense Secretary Mark Esper is downplaying any differences he had with the White House's assessment as to what caused the deadly explosion in Beirut after his speculation that the blast was likely the result of an accident drew push back from the White House.
"The bottom line is we still don't know" what caused the explosion, Esper told Fox News in an interview that aired this weekend.
"On the first day, as President Trump rightly said, we thought it might have been an attack, some of us speculated it could have been, for example, a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility, who knows?" Esper said, adding that the media was trying to stoke division between himself and President Donald Trump.
Despite his comments that some were speculating that the explosion may have involved an attack, several defense officials told CNN on Tuesday the US military did not have any information pointing to an attack, an assessment echoed by Esper on Wednesday when he said most believed it to be an accident.
"The bottom line is we still don't know" what caused the explosion, Esper told Fox News in an interview that aired this weekend.
"On the first day, as President Trump rightly said, we thought it might have been an attack, some of us speculated it could have been, for example, a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility, who knows?" Esper said, adding that the media was trying to stoke division between himself and President Donald Trump.
Despite his comments that some were speculating that the explosion may have involved an attack, several defense officials told CNN on Tuesday the US military did not have any information pointing to an attack, an assessment echoed by Esper on Wednesday when he said most believed it to be an accident.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/politics/mark-esper-beirut-lebanon-explosion-explanation/index.html
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The Defense Secretary is a coward, backtracks to appease trump. (Original Post)
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atreides1
(16,079 posts)1. The USMA Class of 1986
Esper and Pompeo...both men without honor and no love of country...
bottomofthehill
(8,333 posts)2. Not only a coward, not living up to his "Honor Code "
Its pretty simple, "A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do."
Apparently that code only applies when at the Academy because these two lying, appeasing asskissers are a disgrace to the Academy and the US Army.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)3. d-Esper-ate and Pompeous are just colluding, concocting cadets tinkling on the Honor Code. n/t
tanyev
(42,564 posts)4. I didn't know Sharpie was expanding into audio formats.