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Agent Zero
03-01-2018, 05:47 PM
I heard the rumor today and decided to check it out.

Soon.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-preparing-mcmaster-exit-early-next-month-n852371

WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions.
The move would be the latest in a long string of staff shakeups at the White House over the past year and comes after months of strained relations between the president and McMaster.
A leading candidate to become President Donald Trump’s third national security adviser is the auto industry executive Stephen Biegun, according to the officials.

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MisterVeritis
03-01-2018, 06:05 PM
I love this game. Every few days one of you breathlessly speculates.

Tahuyaman
03-01-2018, 06:18 PM
So what if he is replaced?

Common Sense
03-01-2018, 06:32 PM
Revolving door of "the best people".

Tahuyaman
03-01-2018, 06:50 PM
There are hundreds of millions of people in America. There are obviously other qualified people who can do that job effectively.

Peter1469
03-01-2018, 07:25 PM
MacMaster is one pushing for war with North Korea. Perhaps this is a sign he won't get his way.

Although I respect him a lot. He commanded a tank troop in the Battle of 73 Eastings.

The story of ‘the last great tank battle’ where the US destroyed 30 Iraqi tanks (http://www.businessinsider.com/the-last-great-tank-battle-where-the-us-destroyed-30-iraqi-tanks-2016-2)

The men of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment spearheaded one of the American columns that invaded Iraq on Feb. 23, 1991.
After three days of light fighting they stumbled into one of the largest Iraqi armored formations and annihilated it with cannons, TOW missiles and mortars in the Battle of 73 Easting, often called "the last great tank battle of the 20th century (http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-10-greatest-tank-battles-in-military-history-1681355416)."


Then-Capt. (now Lt. Gen.) H.R. McMaster, commander of Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd ACR, literally wrote the book on the battle and commanded one of the lead elements in the fight.


Helicopters buzzed over Eagle Troop as the ground invasion of Iraq began on Feb. 23. The mission of the 2nd ACR was simple in theory but would be challenging to achieve. They were to cut off Iraqi retreat routes out of Kuwait and destroy the large armored formations thought to be hiding in the flat, featureless desert.


In the afternoon of Feb. 26, 1991, McMaster was pushing his troop through a sandstorm when he crested a rise and there, directly in front of him, was an entire division of Iraqi tanks with elite crews (http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/gulf-war-20th-the-battle-of-73-easting-and-the-road-to-the-synthetic-battlefield/). Finding himself already in range of the enemy, he immediately gave the order to fire.

The enemy had parked themselves away from the slight rise so that they would be hidden and so incoming American tanks would be forced to drive down the hill towards them. This exposed the relatively weak top armor of the tank to the Iraqi guns.

But the Iraqis had lost most of their scout vehicles and so were just as surprised as the US commanders when the two armored forces clashed, leaving them unable to capitalize on their position.


McMaster's opening salvo set the tone for the battle. His first shot was a HEAT round that destroyed a tank cowering behind a berm. His second shot, a depleted uranium sabot shell, shot through an Iraqi tank that was swiveling to fire on him. As his crew targeted a third enemy, the driver realized they were driving through a minefield and began taking evasive action.

Eagle Troop was two platoons of 9 tanks. They destroyed 30 tanks and 14 APCs.