The attitude of Trump is unprofessional and toxic.

He wants to take us back to Rodney King's beating. The demeanor and attitude of this president places people in danger. Those with the power to kill begin to rationalize their own reasons for killing that are illegal and self-serving. I don't want to hear about Abu Ghraib and how this happens all the time. Abu Ghraib was not Special Operations. And it is not supposed to happen all the time. (click here)

The Trump administration is steeped in disrespect and extremist views of government. His irresponsible lack of ethics trickles down to the other arms of the USA government. He is a horror and has been a horror the entire time as a candidate and president.

December 5, 2018
By Meghann Myers

This fall has been rough for headlines involving special operations troops. (click here)

Two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders face murder charges in the death of a Green Beret last year in Mali. Meanwhile, a Navy SEAL is under investigation for murdering an Iraqi detainee, and a dozen of his colleagues could be called as witnesses.

Now, after U.S. Special Operations Command has been entrenched in the Global War on Terror for going on two decades, Congress is calling on a Defense Department review of the entire organization, from its operational load to ― notably ― the state of its professionalism and ethics programs.

The most recent National Defense Authorization Act points to “growing congressional concern with misconduct, ethics, and professionalism," according to a Congressional Research Service report published in late October.

“That review is ongoing right now,” a defense official told Army Times on Wednesday.

Senior leaders within the Army have also taken notice, pushing out guidance ahead of DoD’s official report back to Congress....