Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), as well as a number of users on Twitter, ripped the New York Times on Tuesday for spreading fake news regarding the actions of the Democrats’ star impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.
“Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman became so concerned during a July 25 phone call in which President Trump asked Ukraine’s president for help with political investigations that he reported his alarm to a superior,” the New York Times tweeted on Tuesday.
However, the Times’ summary is grossly inaccurate, as Vindman “never raised his concerns with his immediate supervisor,” as Breitbart News reported:
"Vindman never raised his concerns with his immediate supervisor. He also contradicted the commander-in-chief: while Trump had made a request of the Ukrainian president, Vindman admitted — proudly, it seems — that he had advised the Ukrainians to ignore it as an unwelcome intrusion into U.S. politics."
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Northwest Woodsman : I feel compelled to make a comment regarding Vindman based on my experience in the army. First, he is a graduate from the ROTC program which, in itself is no great accomplishment. ROTC officers are somewhat of a joke to regular army enlisted personnel because they lack any substantial knowledge of the military and for the most part, have no leadership skills to speak of. When I was attending officer candidate school at Fort Benning , GA, ROTC cadets were being trained concurrently but in separate units. We, all former enlisted men, had no respect for them because to us, they were inexperienced and they were not exposed to the same brutal physical and psychological torture as OCS candidates. Of course, all of us were former enlisted men, most with several years of experience in the ranks and a significant number with combat experience in Vietnam. We considered them to be soft and inept. For my last five years in the army, I served as an assistant professor of military science (ROTC) and had the opportunity to work with those cadets on a daily basis. It was an eye opener to say the least. I had cadets that never passed a physical training test and always found ways to avoid taking one. During a weekend field training exercise, I had a female cadet who stubbed her toe on a cactus which penetrated the toe of her boot, causing a slight puncture wound on the end of her toe. She was so traumatized that we had to let her go home. So much for bravery in combat. Back to my point, I’m not impressed with Vindman for several reasons, the first being that he was commissioned through ROTC during an era when increasing enrollment was the biggest issue and the result was lower quality cadets. Then when I look at his awards they tell a story that non military persons would not understand. His highest award is the Purple Heart which my female cadet with the cactus wound have qualified for if she had been in some rear area as long as it were in a combat zone and could be construed as the result of something as minor gunfire or a mortar attack in the general area. Vindman is not wearing any awards for valor and the ones he is wearing are the “I’ve been there” medals that literally everyone receives. The Bronze Star medal can be issued for both valor or for achievement. If for valor, it includes a “V” device on the ribbon itself. After completion of a successful tour as an officer in a combat zone and no valor is indicated, the Bronze Star medal is awarded merely for achievement if you got along and did your job well. He is wearing a combat infantryman badge which signifies that he served in some sort of role as an infantry officer for at least thirty days to qualify. The absence of a Bronze Star on his chest tells me that he is a typical rear area putz who was disliked or performed poorly and was not submitted for the award even though it is almost universally awarded to officers successful even in non combat roles.
Wow thank you for that. I worked for the military in a civilian capacity and was aware of some of the his medals or lack thereof. Not many civilians are aware on what those medals stand for - they are just impressed with the big bar of ribbons. Be thank you.
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