The Shocking Affront of Donald Trump's C.I.A. Stunt
By YAEL EISENSTATJAN. 24, 2017
On Saturday, the president and commander in chief of the United States stood in front of the C.I.A. Memorial Wall where 117 stars honor the men and women who died in the line of service and cracked jokes, made thinly veiled threats and disrespected many Americans.
While many were stunned by President Trumps remarks, its personal for me. My friend is represented by the 81st star on the Memorial Wall, which served as the background of Mr. Trumps publicity stunt. He and the other 116 fallen colleagues did not put their lives on the line to serve as a sound bite for this presidents never-ending campaign stump speech.
Few things are sacred in our government. Even fewer command equal respect from people on both sides of the aisle.
The C.I.A. Memorial Wall is one of those things.
When the 81st star was carved into the wall in 2003, the fallen patriots name was not added to the accompanying Book of Honor. At the time, his C.I.A. affiliation was classified, as it remained for nearly six more years. I will never forget seeing his family at the ceremony, knowing they could not tell their loved ones the truth about his death. He died with nobody knowing who he was or what he did for our country. But I believe that is how he would have wanted it, because, as the former C.I.A. director Leon E. Panetta said when finally revealing my friends name in 2009, He lived for a purpose greater than himself.
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central scrutinizer
(11,662 posts)Disrespecting shrines and historical monuments
Mister Ed
(5,944 posts)Those words will never be true of Donald Trump.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I don't care who he installs as CIA chief, Trump has set himself up for regime change.