George Schultz’s face when he knows he has no answer and is listening to a passionate and moral truth… his only option was to try and distort what was being said and attack on ‘advocating violence’ … an irony not lost given the current POTUS ridiculous and dangerous tweets…
I need a bit of whatever miracle grow he has used mind…
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Nah. Eschew the brew. Bald is beautiful!
BBC
The rift between the government and military
Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America reporter
The prospect of US active duty military forces operating on US soil to secure US cities – whether local officials wanted them there or not – has become too much to stomach for a growing number of current and former military officials.
“America is not a battleground. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy,” Martin Dempsey, a former general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tweeted on Monday after Donald Trump suggested such a rare move.
Defence Secretary Mark Esper, who in a Monday White House conference call had described US cities as “battle space", has felt the heat in particular. On Tuesday, one of his policy advisers resigned in protest. Esper noted that he did not know that Lafayette Square, across from the White House, had been forcibly cleared of protestors by law enforcement – including National Guard soldiers - so the president could visit a nearby church.
Now he’s trying to downplay the likelihood of further military action.
That Esper is risking a break with Trump – and drawing the kind of presidential ire that does not easily dissipate – suggests he may feel that calming the nerves of the military leadership is a higher priority.
This would not be the first time the president has announced a drastic and confrontational action that is never fully implemented by his military advisers. Such a situation led to an irreparable rift between Trump and his first defence secretary, James Mattis.
After one night of relative calm, however, a military deployment appears less necessary even to its advocates, while the downsides of crossing US governors and putting US armed forces in an unwanted and unfamiliar situation have become increasingly obvious.
Rather than feuding with Esper, Trump might want to claim success and move on.
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I found this amusing
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I can do either, and when asked why I have a shaved head the answer is,
‘Because I can’
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Mad Dog. 2020.
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But so many of Trumps fans still dont get it. They didn’t get (and wouldn’t listen) to why Kaepernick took a knee - still find it offensive - and WANT tough action because having just got out of lockdown they are now under curfew
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Ta.
I’m STILL waiting for @pap to give me access to Sotonians’ Twitter accounts so I can take a look. Hint. Hint.
Shall I stop telling you?
Nope.
I’ll need to track these instances in case it’s related to specific Tweets.
Keep it up, Deputy!
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Please, please don’t make him think you’ve given him some forum power, you’ll never hear the end of it…
I need to change it first.
Twat twat 
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I mean, ya know…I like that bit where Cain smote Abel…he kinda had it coming…he was a looter and stuff so you could say it was kinda the first Executive Action.
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I don’t think we need to hear your negative voice right now. Me and Bletch are trying to sort this embedding issue so just pipe down before I give you an infraction.
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No problem boss!
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I’m surprised Trump hasn’t ranted on twatter yet how much of a coward and non-patriot and worst ever defense secretary in history Mattis is.