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By Kristine Guerra
February 23 at 10:25 AM
... McRaven, who was commander of the secretive Joint Special Operations, is the man who organized and oversaw the highly risky operation that killed Osama bin Laden almost six years ago. ...
McRaven left the military in 2014 after nearly four decades and later became chancellor of the University of Texas System. The UT-Austin alumnus, who has a bachelors degree in journalism, addressed a crowd at the universitys college of communication on Tuesday.
We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people, McRaven said, according to the Daily Texan. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/02/23/greatest-threat-to-democracy-commander-of-bin-laden-raid-slams-trumps-anti-media-sentiment/?utm_term=.45dc6cb4ac01
ffr
(22,674 posts)He's a projectionist. Everything he says about someone or something else, is a reflection upon him.
Paid protesters? He was the one who started those with his presidential candidacy.
The Media are the enemy of the people. He and those like him are the enemy of the people.
Easy.
"Crooked" Hillary? But, Trump's corruption is staggering.
"Lyin'" Ted Cruz? But, Trump has shattered records for dishonesty and lying.
Clinton in bed with Wall Street because of a few speeches? Then, Trump hires a horde of Wall Streeters into his White House.
"Little" Marco Rubio? Well... we all know what that means.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)But alot of them are gun nutz. They get great discounts from the manufacturers and suppliers.
lark
(23,166 posts)Andrew Jackson was a horrid hating mess, but he wasn't a 10th as bad as Drumpf. I used to think that GW was the worst possible, now I laugh at that. How was I ever to guess that Hair Furor would bring on the 4th Reich? I thought that was impossible. Now, the worst nightmare is becoming a daily reality with the worst yet to come. Hang on!!!