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“If the [#Trump] #campaign feels the need to defend their team’s actions — which include #bullying & physically pushing out of the way [#assault] a longtime #PublicServant & member of the team at #Arlington working to protect the sanctity of the sacred spaces — then that’s on them,” one #Defense ofcl said. “The rules were made clear to participants, & these two chose to disregard those rules. End of story.”
#law #disrespect #military #ServiceMembers #USpol
#HarrisWalz2024
The incident has raised concerns about the #safety of #ArlingtonNationalCemetery staff members, the senior #Defense ofcl said, w/vitriol aimed at them initially on Monday by liberals, after the news coverage of #Trump at the #cemetery was published [really? I was immediately concerned for the staff & knew it was Trump et al being who they always are]. That has given way to language from #conservatives that also is “concerning.”
#law #disrespect #military #ServiceMembers #USpol
#HarrisWalz2024
#Defense ofcls were concerned about the event Mon because #Republicans have frequently used the…[Afghanistan exit], as a #political cudgel. In advance of the event, #cemetery ofcls told #Trump’s team that he could come in his PERSONAL CAPACITY & bring PERSONAL aides, but NOT #campaign staff. Campaign advisers went anyway.
No hats, signs or banners were allowed, acc/to #military ofcls. No speeches.
#law #disrespect #ServiceMembers #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #USpol
#HarrisWalz2024
On Wed #StevenCheung said the employee “initiated physical contact that was unwarranted & unnecessary.” [wrong - you were breaking the rules & the #law]
Cheung also said the #Trump #campaign would release footage to support his claim but has not. They did, however, post a TikTok of the event on Wed — exactly what #military ofcls tried to prevent. The use of the footage marked a flagrant violation of the #law against #partisan actions at #MilitaryCemeteries, #Defense said.
#Trump campaign spox #StevenCheung responded to the 1st report of the altercation, from NPR on Tues, by accusing, w/o evidence, the employee of “suffering from a mental health episode” [Im surprised he didn’t call the woman “hysterical” stereotypical #misogynistic crap]. #Defense ofcls said that the employee was trying to do her job & that the claim of a mental health episode was false.
#law #disrespect #military #ServiceMembers #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #misogyny #USpol
#HarrisWalz2024
A #ArlingtonNationalCemetery employee tried to enforce the rules as provided to her by blocking #Trump’s team from bringing cameras to the graves of US #ServiceMembers killed in recent years, acc/to a senior #Defense ofcl & another person briefed on the incident. A larger male campaign aide insisted the camera was allowed & pushed past the #cemetery employee, leaving her shocked.
[that the employee was a #woman is probably 1 reason Trump et al were such #disrespectful dicks]
He gave them one anyway. Earlier this month, #Trump’s campaign contacted #military ofcls about visiting #ArlingtonNationalCemetery…. Federal #law prohibits #election-related activities at #MilitaryCemeteries, & #Arlington is the most prestigious & sacred of all. #Pentagon ofcls were deeply concerned about Trump turning it into a #campaign stop,…acc/to #Defense ofcls & internal msgs reviewed by WaPo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/28/trump-arlington-cemetery-section-60/
How a Trump visit sparked turmoil at America’s most sacred cemetery
Army officials hoped clear rules would avoid a damaging public spat with Trump. He gave them one anyway.Isaac Arnsdorf (The Washington Post)
“What was abundantly clear cut was: #Section60, no photos & no video,” the #defense official said.
A person familiar w/the matter told NPR, which 1st reported the incident, that the #Trump campaign staff pushed & verbally attacked a #cemetery ofcl who tried to stop them from taking photos & videos in Section 60.
…Trump campaign comms dir #StevenCheung said that…the campaign was…“prepared to release footage” to defend against “defamatory claims.”
[they haven’t, probably bc it doesn’t exist]
#Trump campaign posts #video from #ArlingtonCemetery after altercation
A #US #defense ofcl said the Trump campaign was told repeatedly that they could not capture photos & video in #Section60, the final resting place of many recent fatalities.
Trump posted video from #ArlingtonNationalCemetery 2 days after the altercation in which defense ofcls said #cemetery staff sought to enforce guidelines the campaign had received.
#law #military #ServiceMembers
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/27/trump-arlington-cemetery-npr-incident/
Trump campaign posts video from Arlington Cemetery after alleged altercation
An NPR source said a cemetery official was pushed and verbally accosted as they tried to block campaign aides from photographing.Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)
#Nato: From #ColdWar to #Ukraine, a #History of the World’s Most Powerful #Alliance
source: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n15/tom-stevenson/ill-suited-to-reality
In 1998, John Lewis Gaddis bemoaned that the decision to admit #Poland, #Hungary and the #Czech Republic was taken with almost no public debate and that ‘with remarkably few exceptions’ historians saw it as ‘ill-conceived, ill-timed and above all ill-suited to the realities of the post-Cold War world’. Enlargement violated the principle of magnanimity in victory, and risked driving #Russia to forge an anti-hegemonic alliance with #China.
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#Military spending by European states has increased by more than 60 per cent since 2014. Yet G7 meetings are still surpassingly easy for US diplomats to run. Nato is both stronger than ever and just as unsuited to averting the next world #crisis.
#politics #diplomacy #finance #arms #future #USA #security #defense #Europe
Tom Stevenson · Ill-Suited to Reality: Nato’s Delusions
The descriptions of Nato by US leaders have often had little to do with the defence of Europe and a lot to do with Nato...Tom Stevenson (London Review of Books)
"A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs"
by @davidjeans2 for @Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2024/08/20/8vc-russian-oligarchs/
A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Led by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, 8VC employs two children of alleged Kremlin allies on its investment team.David Jeans (Forbes)
#Trump to sue the #DOJ for $100M, claiming the #FBI’s 2022 raid was a blatant act of “political persecution.”
During the raid federal agents discovered >100 #classified records as they executed a #legal #SearchWarrant at Trump’s FL property. Trump denied the 40 #criminal counts related to his handling of the #ClassifiedDocuments, & the DOJ claims he actively #obstructed govt attempts to retrieve the materials, incl those related to #nuclear secrets & natl #defense.
#law
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-to-sue-doj-for-100m-claiming-political-persecution-over-2022-mar-a-lago-raid/
Trump To Sue DOJ For $100m Over 2022 Mar-a-Lago FBI Raid
Trump plans to sue the Department of Justice for $100 million, claiming the 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago was an act of "political persecution."David Gilmour (Mediaite)
US sending more fighter jets and warships to Mideast amid threats from #Iran -led axis
The US will move a fighter jet squadron to the #MiddleEast and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the #Pentagon said Friday, beefing up the American military presence to help defend #Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and safeguard US troops.
