Have you seen that pro-Hillary TV ad of disgraced Gen. John Allen?
Nauseating.
You should know that in 2011, Allen, then a 4-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps, was nominated to be NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, pending confirmation by the Senate. On November 13, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suspended Allen’s confirmation hearing, pending investigations into the general’s “inappropriate communication” with a woman named Jill Kelley.
Gen. John Allen (l); Jill Kelley (r)
As part of the fallout of the Gen. David Petraeus-Paula Broadwell affair, the FBI uncovered 20,000 to 30,000 pages of correspondence — mostly email — between Allen and Kelley from 2010 to 2012. Reportedly, their correspondence was “flirtatious” and “inappropriate” as Allen and Kelley were both married at the time, but not to each other.
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Seriously, how can a 4-star general even have so much free time as to write 20,000 to 30,000 emails in the space of two years to ANYONE? 20,000 emails mean an average of 28 emails a day exchanged between Allen and Kelley; 30,000 emails mean an average of 42 emails a day. There is no one with whom I’ve exchanged 28 emails a day, even less 42 emails.
The upshot: Not only did John Allen lose his confirmation as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, he also lost his job as Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan — a post to which he was promoted to replace the disgraced Gen. Petraeus. (See “Obama purges U.S. military command (Part 1)”)
Allen retired from the military in February 2013, but was appointed Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (or ISIS) — a post and title created for Allen by Obama, which Allen held for about a year from September 2014 until October 23, 2015.
Allen was a featured speaker at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. He criticized Donald Trump and endorsed Hillary Clinton — who abandoned four Americans to die in Benghazi — for President.
Like the New Yorker that he is, Trump fired back, calling Allen “a failed general.”
Trump does have the endorsement of 184 non-failed and non-disgraced U.S. generals and admirals, including at least four 4-star and fourteen 3-star flag officers, as well as the endorsement of 14 Medal of Honor recipients.
The endorsements began with an open letter on Sept. 6, 2016, from 88 retired U.S. general and admirals:
“The 2016 election affords the American people an urgently needed opportunity to make a long-overdue course correction in our national security posture and policy. As retired senior leaders of America’s military, we believe that such a change can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for, the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world. For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next Commander-in-Chief.
For the past eight years, America’s armed forces have been subjected to a series of ill-considered and debilitating budget cuts, policy choices and combat operations that have left the superb men and women in uniform less capable of performing their vital missions in the future than we require them to be.
Simultaneously, enemies of this country have been emboldened, sensing weakness and irresolution in Washington and opportunities for aggression at our expense and that of other freedom-loving nations.
In our professional judgment, the combined effect is potentially extremely perilous. That is especially the case if our government persists in the practices that have brought us to this present pass.
For this reason, we support Donald Trump and his commitment to rebuild our military, to secure our borders, to defeat our Islamic supremacist adversaries and restore law and order domestically. We urge our fellow Americans to do the same.”
Two days later on Sept. 8, another 21 retired U.S. generals and admirals joined the list, followed by 31 more the next day, on Sept. 9, and another 44 on Sept. 16, bringing the total number of flag officers who have endorsed Trump to 184.
Below is the list, as of Sept. 16, 2016, of the retired U.S. generals and admirals, who are endorsing Trump for President and Commander-In-Chief:
- General Burwell B. Bell III, US Army, Retired
- General Alfred G. Hansen, US Air Force, Retired
- Admiral Jerry Johnson, US Navy, Retired
- Lieutenant General William G. Boykin, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Marvin Covault, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Brett Dula, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Dan Duren, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Harold T. Fields, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Bruce L. Fister, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Gordon E, Fornell, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant Jay Garner, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Ron Hite, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant Generals John I. Hudson, USMC, Retired
- Lieutenant General Harley Hughes, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Timothy A. Kinnan, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Joe Kinzer, US Army, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Bennett L. Lewis, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Frederick McCorkle, US MC, Retired
- Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Clifford H. Rees, Jr. US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant James C. Riley, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General Hugh G. Smith, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General John B. Sylvester, US Army, Retired
- Lieutenant General David J. Teal, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General William E. Thurman, US Air Force, Retired
- Lieutenant General Jack Woodward, US Air Force, Retired
- Vice Admiral Mike Bucchi, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral Edward Clexton, Jr. US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral Bernard M. Kauderer, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral J. Theodore Parker, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral R.F.Schoultz, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral Robert Spane, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral Donald Thompson, US Coast Guard, Retired
- Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, US Coast Guard, Retired
- Vice Admiral John Totushek, US Navy, Retired
- Vice Admiral Jerry Unruh, US Navy, Retired
- Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army, Retired
- Major General John Bianchi, CSMR, Retired
- Major General Pat Brady, US Army, Retired
- Major General Bobby G. Butcher, US Marine Corps, Retired,
- Major General Henry D. Canterbury, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Carroll D. Childers, US Army, Retired
- Major General Jeffrey Cliver, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Tommy F. Crawford, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Harley Davis, US Army, Retired
- Major General Felix Dupre, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Neil Eddins, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General David W. Eidsaune, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General John R. Farrington, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Dave Garza, US Marine Corps, Retired
- Major General William A. Gorton, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Kenneth Hagemann, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Gary L. Harrell, US Army, Retired
- Major General Geoffrey Higginbothan, US Marine Corps, Retired
- Major General Kent Hillhouse,US Army, Retired
- Major General Jerry D. Holmes, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General John A. Leide, US Army, Retired
- Major General James E. Livingston, USMC, Retired
- Major General John D. Logeman, Jr., US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Homer S. Long, US Army, Retired
- Major General Billy McCoy, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Robert Messerli, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General John Miller, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Ray O’Mara, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General George W.“Nordie” Norwood, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Robert W. Paret, US Air Force MC, Retired
- Major General James W. Parker, US Army, Retired
- Major General Richard Perraut, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General R.V. Secord, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Sidney Shachnow, US Army, Retired
- Major General Edison E. Scholes, US Army (Retired)
- Major General Richard A. Scholtes,US Army, Retired
- Major General Mark Solo, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General James N. Stewart, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Michael Sullivan, US MC, Retired
- Major General Thomas R. Tempel, US Army, Retired
- Major General Richard L. Testa, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Paul E. Vallely, US Army, Retired
- Major General John Welde, US Air Force, Retired
- Major General Kenneth W. Weir, US Marine Corps, Retired
- Major General Michael Wiedemer, US Air Force, Retired
- Rear Admiral Phillip Anselmo, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Peter Booth, US Navy,Retired
- Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral James J. Carey,US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral, Larry Chambers, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, SC, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Mimi Drew, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Ernest Elliot, SC, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, SC, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Byron Fuller, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral George M. Furlong, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Albert Gallotta, Jr. US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Michael R. Groothousen US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral William A. Guereck, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Dale Hagen, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral John G. Hekman, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Charles F. Horne III US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral William P Houley, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Grady L. Jackson, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral J. Adrian Jackson, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Frederick C. Johnson, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Pierce J. Johnson, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Jack Kavanaugh, SC, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Charles R.Kubic, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Rich Landolt, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Don Loren, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral William J. McDaniel, MD, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral E.S. McGinley II, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Fred Metz, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Douglas M. Moore Jr. SC US Navy. Retired
- Rear Admiral John A. Moriarty, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral David R. Morris, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral James A. Mozart, SC US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Ed Nelson, US Coast Guard, Retired
- Rear Admiral Philip R. Olsen, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Robert S. Owens, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Robert Passmore,US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral W.W. Pickavance, Jr., US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Leonard F. Picotte, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Brian C. Prindle, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Mike Roesner, SC USN, Retired
- Rear Admiral William J. Ryan, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral William L. Schachte, Jr., US Navy JAGC, Retired
- Rear Admiral William R. Schmidt, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral William H. Shawcross, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Hugh P. Scott, US Navy, MC, Retired
- Rear Admiral Gregory Slavonic, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Paul Sutherland, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Charles Williams, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral H. Denny Wisely, US Navy, Retired
- Rear Admiral Theodore J. Wojnar, US Coast Guard, Retired
- Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Remo Butler, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Jimmy L. Cash, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General George P. Cole, Jr. US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Philip M. Drew, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Jerome V. Foust, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Norman Ham, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Thomas W. Honeywill, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Charles Jones, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Gary M. Jones, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General James M. Johnston III, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Thomas J. Lennon, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Bruce Miketinac, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Bert Mizusawa, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Harold C. Morgan, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Stephen Mundt, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Mike Neil, US Marines Corps, Retired
- Brigadier general Robert V. Paschon, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Mark D. Scraba, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General George L. Schulstad, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Richard M. Tabor, US Army, retired
- Brigadier General Hugh B. Tant III, US Army, Retired
- Brigadier General Troy Tolbert, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Robert F. Titus, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General William O. Walsh, US Air Force, Retired
- Brigadier General Robert V. Woods, US Air Force Retired
- Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, Retired
See also “Unprecedented letter from Chair of Joint Chiefs suggests U.S. military does not want a President Hillary“.
~Eowyn
Dr. Eowyn’s post was first published at Fellowship of the Minds