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Fmr Gen Barry McCaffrey - Trump hit it out of the ballpark (Original Post) GreatCaesarsGhost Apr 2016 OP
Hit what? C_U_L8R Apr 2016 #1
It was so strange... immoderate Apr 2016 #6
I thought Barry wasnt one of the idiots. too bad Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #2
Sure, for people who stand to make billions in the MIC MANative Apr 2016 #3
Is he still selling Abrams tanks? think Apr 2016 #4
That's hilarious! Trump made Mittens look like Mr.Rodgers and the Dali Lama with a touch of Maru Kitteh Apr 2016 #5
it's the same Trump RussBLib Apr 2016 #7
. . . Says the "War On Drugs" hack. hatrack Apr 2016 #8
of course it was on m$nbc....the trump channel. spanone Apr 2016 #9
 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
6. It was so strange...
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 01:45 PM
Apr 2016

I mean anytime Trump ventures outside his normal 80 word vocabulary is, uhm, 'terrific.'

--imm

 

think

(11,641 posts)
4. Is he still selling Abrams tanks?
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 01:40 PM
Apr 2016
General Barry McCaffrey Exposed For The Ultimate Spineless Shill That He Is

By DAVID BARSTOW - THE NEW YORK TIMES
November 30, 2008


One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex

In the spring of 2007 a tiny military contractor with a slender track record went shopping for a precious Beltway commodity.
The company, Defense Solutions, sought the services of a retired general with national stature, someone who could open doors at the highest levels of government and help it win a huge prize: the right to supply Iraq with thousands of armored vehicles.

Access like this does not come cheap, but it was an opportunity potentially worth billions in sales, and Defense Solutions soon found its man. The company signed Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general and military analyst for NBC News, to a consulting contract starting June 15, 2007.



~Snip~

General McCaffrey did not mention his new contract with Defense Solutions in his letter to General Petraeus. Nor did he disclose it when he went on CNBC that same week and praised the commander Defense Solutions was now counting on for help — “He’s got the heart of a lion” — or when he told Congress the next month that it should immediately supply Iraq with large numbers of armored vehicles and other equipment...

Read more:
https://tullycast.com/2008/12/02/general-barry-caffrey-exposed-as-the-ultimate-spineless-shill/




http://www.thenation.com/article/tvs-conflicted-experts/

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
5. That's hilarious! Trump made Mittens look like Mr.Rodgers and the Dali Lama with a touch of
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 01:42 PM
Apr 2016

Robin Williams and Santa Claus just for good measure!

That was the most wooden, robotic pile of turdhattery I have ever witnessed.

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
7. it's the same Trump
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 01:47 PM
Apr 2016

but delivered without the usual asides, in monotones.

Oh yeah, everything is still totally fucked up, but his calm demeanor while proclaiming everything is fucked up is going to really wow a lot of mental midgets.

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