— and whether he can stand up to long-time hawks like John Bolton.
"Shanahan, in that group, is the weakest link,” said a recently departed senior Pentagon official, speaking anonymously “Shanahan is certainly outmatched by Bolton and Pompeo,” said Goldenberg, who is now at the Center for a New American Security. “He has neither the bureaucratic experience or political leverage to fight with them."
The report of a new military option has set off fresh concerns about a possible march to war as a time when the Pentagon has an untested leader who may have far more difficulty than Mattis did in shaping Trump's decisions. Trump hasn’t yet nominated Shanahan to be permanent secretary, although the White HouseShanahan has led the Pentagon since January — the longest stretch ever for an acting defense secretary. Before that, the Senate confirmed him in 2017 as deputy secretary under Mattis.
We really should be sending more pallets of unmarked bills, instead...
I've seen Soldiers and Marines killed or wounded. I've seen innocent people killed or wounded. I've witnessed homes and property destroyed. I've written condolence letters to love ones. I've been wounded and have repeated nightmares. Only those who never witness war, want war.
The same shanahan that worked in military industrial complex selling weapons to us. You don’t think this about about making more money for the weapons makers. Corruption.
Hey no fucking wars.
The Trump administration’s missile-rattling at Iran has skeptics of military action concerned about the experience of acting War monger John Bolton
You to get to Kimberly yeah you got to get just go with yes
Expert in war profiteering and JB leading the way, what could fo wrong.
No Shanahan is not qualified, Trump administration is setting up for a war with Iran and Bolton is provoking it. Iran does not want to engage, so why is Bolton trying to set them up as the aggressor. Same as Iraqi war. False intelligence.
Our troops are so fvcked with ding dong at the helm.
If we want to talk in experience, we should talk about all the people who have been president who never ran a company or had to employ anybody/pay them and somehow think they know how to do it on a large scale. Maybe that’s why Obama’s GDP was so poor? 🤔
Donnie bone spurs doesn't need a SecRef. Or any generals He's the smartest person in the room. Remember?
When Obama was in office and he made a terrible deal with Iran that literally sent billions and billions of dollars to them, You basically just condoned it and made it seem like it was an amazing thing. Even many Democrats had spoken out against the deal!! Bias reporting
He never served, even as a junior officer.
I hate to say this but I don't have a good feeling about this.
If Bernie Sanders was in office and had an issue with Iran for the same reasons that Trump has stated, you would write a story about how he should get the Nobel peace prize for trying to save so many people from being oppressed.
I don’t understand why people are honestly more on the side of Iran... This is a country that literally hates gay people and kills them, hates Christians and Jews, and has said they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. They are no different than Nazi Germany
Ya don’t say. 🤔Who knew appointing people with no experience in the field they were appointed in would lead to inexperience in that field? 🤷🏻♂️
Somebody needs to pull the plug on these idiots.
remind anyone of 'Wag the Dog'?
This woman could tell you everything you’d need to know about Trump’s finances. She’s “one of the most trusted people inside Trump Tower” and has “heard everything, and taken good notes.” Subpoena/Interview her today.
fakenews what a load of BS.
Nope. That's why he is there.
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