https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/13/politics/john-kelly-trump-criticism-vindman/index.html
Former
White House chief of staff John Kelly said Wednesday that Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment
inquiry, was right to raise concerns about Trump's July call to
Ukraine's president, The Atlantic reported.
Kelly also believes that Vindman, who was fired from White House last week, told the truth during testimony before House investigators last fall.
"Having
seen something 'questionable (in the call),' Vindman properly notified
his superiors," Kelly said at an event at Drew University, according to
the magazine. "When subpoenaed by Congress in the House impeachment
hearings, Vindman complied and told the truth."
"He
did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave," he said,
according to the magazine. "He went and told his boss what he just
heard."
From cradle to grave when serving in the military.
ReplyDeleteBut serving the Commander-in-Chief at the White House is different than serving one's superiors in the military.
Politics requires a difference set of skills to survive. A street smart political employee should think ahead and recognize what the price of failure is.
In the military, you don't want a soldier to make a calculation if he'll be killed or not if he follows a certain order.
But a soldier on loan to the National Security needs to protect first and foremost his boss in order to protect himself. Yes, the President was way out of line. But as history played out, the President weathered the storm. Someone who is politically savvy would have figured that out and saved their job by not be so persnickety about second-guessing the President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwQyvgVcS0
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