Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial

[AntiFascist]

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Source: NBC News

By Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee, Vaughn Hillyard and Mosheh Gains

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed for their involvement, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan.

Officials working on the transition are considering creating a commission to investigate the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, including gathering information about who was directly involved in the decision-making for the military, how it was carried out, and whether the military leaders could be eligible for charges as serious as treason, the U.S. official and person with knowledge of the plan said.

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It’s not clear the Trump administration would pursue treason charges, and instead could focus on lesser charges that highlight the officer’s involvement. “They want to set an example,” said the person with knowledge of the plan.
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Former officials ...advised against actions that they thought might violate the Constitution or inflame tensions domestically, such as deploying active-duty U.S. troops to quell protests after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489

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"Might violate the Constitution"...2nd Amendment anyone?

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Continue to beat the dead Afghanistan horse.

More bad faith political theater from the fascist Trump administration, pandering to the burn it all down Trump Cult.

[Arne]

2. Is this the treason charge that could put drump in jail?

Wasn't he responsible for that withdrawal or did
I get that wrong?

[BOSSHOG]

4. You got it right my friend

[BOSSHOG]

3. Members of the party of responsibility

LED by a man convicted of 34 felonies and getting away with it want to hold others accountable for non existent crimes.

The Republican Party makes me contemplate the thought. I wasted 30 years of military service to our country. Thanks neighbors.

[cbabe]

5. Trump courts martial himself?

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5090061/the-chaotic-u-s-exit-from-afghanistan-in-2021-had-stems-from-four-administrations

The chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan in 2021 had stems from four administrations

AUGUST 27, 20246:53 PM ET
HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
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Tom Bowman
Quil Lawrence

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Well, Juana, it's important to note that it was the Trump administration that signed this peace deal that was basically a quick exit plan. It called for all U.S. troops to be out by May 2021. Then, after the election, Trump reduced the American troops from 5,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban did not live up to the agreement, including talking to the Afghan government. And one of his aides then went to the Pentagon and said all troops out by January 15, just five days before Biden was to be inaugurated. Pentagon officials balked and said it can't possibly be done that quickly.

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[Silent Type]

6. Well, trump has us looking like a 3rd World country. Next, we might experience a military coup when he takes office.

[dweller]

9. Tick tock

Wonder how many top brass are looking at 14 A sec 3 right now ?
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[cstanleytech]

7. Night of the Long Knives. nt

[Blue_Tires]

8. This is Trump's way of trying to absolve himself

And make everyone forget his culpability...

TRUMP invited the fucking Taliban to Camp David

TRUMP agreed to the Taliban's hard deadline for withdrawal

TRUMP freed 5000 terrorists from prison early

TRUMP ordered all the airbases but one to be shut down, guaranteeing a clusterfuck of chaos

Everybody needs to be archiving and preserving records, documents, news stories, etc because Donnie and his cultists are going to be busy rewriting the official history of his first term -- He's already got people believing that COVID-19 never happened, and even if it did, nobody died and Donnie was the true hero of the pandemic...

[Omaha Steve]

10. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

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