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McMaster doing part of the daily briefing (Original Post) Stinky The Clown May 2017 OP
Why do Generals always yell at us? hlthe2b May 2017 #1
I said in another thread. I know a few generals and colonels. They all tend to talk like that. Stinky The Clown May 2017 #3
I know they do in the military, but though I find them articulate, it is very off-putting to me. hlthe2b May 2017 #4
I'm with you. But as I said, its a cultural thing and works in that culture Stinky The Clown May 2017 #8
OMG montanacowboy May 2017 #2
Watch his eyelids. He might be blinking for help in Morse code The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #9
Trump daring us to mistrust a guy in uniform... Orsino May 2017 #5
Spicey's hiding in the bushes. Sparkly May 2017 #6
Trump is going to nuke NK maryellen99 May 2017 #7

Stinky The Clown

(67,801 posts)
3. I said in another thread. I know a few generals and colonels. They all tend to talk like that.
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:34 PM
May 2017

So do ambitious lower rank officers, including women. Its a cultural thing. Civilians often misread it.

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
4. I know they do in the military, but though I find them articulate, it is very off-putting to me.
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:38 PM
May 2017

Talking fast and loudly does not convey to me what they apparently think it conveys.

Stinky The Clown

(67,801 posts)
8. I'm with you. But as I said, its a cultural thing and works in that culture
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:41 PM
May 2017

The ones I know socially tend to tone it down the longer they're retired. I love giving them shit about it.

montanacowboy

(6,089 posts)
2. OMG
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:33 PM
May 2017

this shit McMaster is spouting is like someone from NK telling us how great Dear Leader is

What a fucking fool
Do they all have to prostitute themselves? Have none of them ANY SHAME?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,714 posts)
9. Watch his eyelids. He might be blinking for help in Morse code
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:57 PM
May 2017

like a POW forced to praise his captor. Rumor has it that McMaster has been in bad odor with Himself lately for straying slightly from the Received Word of Trump.

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