During
a 33-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, I served
presidents of both parties — three Republicans and three Democrats. I
was at President George W. Bush’s side when we were attacked on Sept.
11; as deputy director of the agency, I was with President Obama when we
killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.
I am neither a registered Democrat nor a registered Republican.
In my 40 years of voting, I have pulled the lever for candidates of
both parties. As a government official, I have always been silent about
my preference for president.
No longer. On Nov. 8, I
will vote for Hillary Clinton. Between now and then, I will do
everything I can to ensure that she is elected as our 45th president.
Two strongly held beliefs have brought me to this decision.
First, Mrs. Clinton is highly qualified to be commander in chief. I
trust she will deliver on the most important duty of a president —
keeping our nation safe. Second, Donald J. Trump is not only unqualified
for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security.
I spent
four years working with Mrs. Clinton when she was secretary of state,
most often in the White House Situation Room. In these critically
important meetings, I found her to be prepared, detail-oriented,
thoughtful, inquisitive and willing to change her mind if presented with
a compelling argument.
I also saw the secretary’s commitment to our nation’s security; her belief that America is an exceptional nation that must lead in the world for the country to remain secure and prosperous;
her understanding that diplomacy can be effective only if the country
is perceived as willing and able to use force if necessary; and, most
important, her capacity to make the most difficult decision of all —
whether to put young American women and men in harm’s way.
Mrs. Clinton was an early advocate of the raid that brought Bin Laden to justice,
in opposition to some of her most important colleagues on the National
Security Council. During the early debates about how we should respond
to the Syrian civil war, she was a strong proponent of a more aggressive
approach, one that might have prevented the Islamic State from gaining a
foothold in Syria.
I never saw her bring politics into the Situation Room.
In fact, I saw the opposite. When some wanted to delay the Bin Laden
raid by one day because the White House Correspondents Dinner might be
disrupted, she said, “Screw the White House Correspondents Dinner.”
In sharp contrast to Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Trump has no experience on national security.
Even more important, the character traits he has exhibited during the
primary season suggest he would be a poor, even dangerous, commander in
chief.
If anything at all positive comes from all this TRUMP can take credit for outing all these NWO Pieces of excrement. So far, we've identified G.Soros, W.Buffett, 90% of the mainstream
media , the CIA, the DNC, the RNC, the current White
House squatters, the CIA, the FBI, a few Pentagon generals current and
retired.... Basically almost everyone in establishment.
Not endorsing Trump, I never have supported either of the
presidential candidates, but if all these criminal nut jobs are against
Trump then there must be good reasons for supporting him
Amen to that!
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