But I’m still puzzled by one thing, since I’m just ignorant: if they are duty bound to disobey illegal orders, is not the deployment itself now illegal? After this tragedy I’m sure there’s a tl/dr explanation around here somewhere. Or will be soon provided.
The justice system doesn’t work fast enough to stop this administration’s plentiful criminal activity. The military is likely struggling with a situation they’ve never had to face before—a blatantly criminal commander in chief. And so illegal orders get followed and people get killed. And it’s trump’s fault.
"He only loves himself..." is inaccurate. In fact narcissism is a defense against self loathing, the self loathing that results from childhood abuse, which both Our Mad King Donald the 1st and his hero Adolf Hitler experienced, and that I've written about in "Greeley's Newsletter" on substack.com. The dynamic in both cases was described brilliantly by Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller in her 1983 "For Your Own Good". Simply put, any abused/abandoned child defends against his/her vulnerability, unprotected in a dangerous outer world by self-blaming and idealizing the parent/parent figure in order to reassure him/herself that they will be protected from the far greater threats from the environment. The late Historian and Univ. of Rochester history professor, Christopher Lasch wrote the 1979 "The Culture of Narcissism", including on pg. 32: "...thereby revealing narcissism as essentially a defense against (self-) aggressIve impulses RATHER THAN SELF-LOVE." Trump must constantly "project" away his self-loathing onto others and his Borderline Personality Disorder demands unquestioning "loyalty" from subordinates, as he is defended by his extreme rejection sensitivity, which triggers violent acting out if he is even questioned lightly. He is a very mentally ill and dangerous man and filled with self-loathing, not self love. Have a blessed evening and fasten your seatbelts.
Amen!! I'll second every last word of that...! Just devastated by her death because she should never have been there, except for the spectacle created by a mentally unfit president who used these troops for his personal agenda, ...not in defense of this country. I hope with every fiber of my being, that the tragic responsibility of someone's death lies solely on his soul alone. He put her there ....!!! 😥
So sorry about Sarah's demise and her fellow NG soldier's head wound, but just why the hell did they put themselves in harm's way in the first place? Were they not following an illegal order, now so certified by a judge? Our nation is in the throes of Donald Trump attempting to establish himself ABOVE THE LAWS of our nation and its Constitution, which he appears to have never read, just like he did not put his left hand on the Bible during his swearing-in in Jan. 2025, or his obvious leadership of an attempted coup against the US Congress on Jan. 21,2021, in order to stay in power by voiding the 2024 national election results. Blame Trump for this murder and we may see more due to his untreated mental illness and the grifters/sycophants supporting/protecting him from his own deep self-loathing reaching his conscious mind. Have a blessed evening and pray for the safety of ALL Americans, including but not limited to the NG soldiers.
Sarah Beckstrom died for the sins of the Republican Party.
The person who shot her was an Afghani national, brought here as an end result of an unnecessary war started by the Republican Party after September 11, and a hasty, poorly-planned withdrawal orchestrated by the Trump Administration. The Afghan government was willing to turn over the location of Osama Bin Laden, but President Bush wanted a war.
He was (apparently) vetted by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
But the question of "Why did he do it?" remains unanswered. Why did he drive all the way across the country to shoot two National Guardsmen? Surely there were closer targets. Was this a statement? Was he afraid of being deported to Afghanistan, since the Trump Administration seems willing to deport anyone at any time for any reason? Was he threatened with deportation?
Or was he paid to do it? And who paid him? The Taliban? The Trump Administration, to create another "national emergency", giving guaranteed immunity for his family in exchange for this "job"? Russia, or China, to push America farther toward authoritarianism?
I had not heard she died and now it is even more apparent our potus has more blood on his hands.
He is responsible for her death.
He is responsible for hundreds of thousands dying and dead in Africa.
He is responsible for the 80 plus people in the Caribbean whom he blew to pieces.
These are all deaths attributable to him.
Americans don’t care.
This is tragedy.
And we need to make his murdering stop.
Immunity = impunity.
This is the first I’ve heard this news. I want to just yell and scream! Why!!?? My heart also goes out to this family!
To the family of Sarah Beckstrom, my heart goes out to you. This is a tragedy. Thank you Mike for writing this.
Damn, there are no words that could speak the truth more eloquently.
But I’m still puzzled by one thing, since I’m just ignorant: if they are duty bound to disobey illegal orders, is not the deployment itself now illegal? After this tragedy I’m sure there’s a tl/dr explanation around here somewhere. Or will be soon provided.
The justice system doesn’t work fast enough to stop this administration’s plentiful criminal activity. The military is likely struggling with a situation they’ve never had to face before—a blatantly criminal commander in chief. And so illegal orders get followed and people get killed. And it’s trump’s fault.
I think this author pretty much summed it up. You will not here it from MAGA.
Not just one man's need for optics; the obsequious WVA governor sent them there to show his loyalty to trump.
💔💔💔🙏🏻💔💔💔
Terrible Awful shameful tragedy
"He only loves himself..." is inaccurate. In fact narcissism is a defense against self loathing, the self loathing that results from childhood abuse, which both Our Mad King Donald the 1st and his hero Adolf Hitler experienced, and that I've written about in "Greeley's Newsletter" on substack.com. The dynamic in both cases was described brilliantly by Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller in her 1983 "For Your Own Good". Simply put, any abused/abandoned child defends against his/her vulnerability, unprotected in a dangerous outer world by self-blaming and idealizing the parent/parent figure in order to reassure him/herself that they will be protected from the far greater threats from the environment. The late Historian and Univ. of Rochester history professor, Christopher Lasch wrote the 1979 "The Culture of Narcissism", including on pg. 32: "...thereby revealing narcissism as essentially a defense against (self-) aggressIve impulses RATHER THAN SELF-LOVE." Trump must constantly "project" away his self-loathing onto others and his Borderline Personality Disorder demands unquestioning "loyalty" from subordinates, as he is defended by his extreme rejection sensitivity, which triggers violent acting out if he is even questioned lightly. He is a very mentally ill and dangerous man and filled with self-loathing, not self love. Have a blessed evening and fasten your seatbelts.
Amen!! I'll second every last word of that...! Just devastated by her death because she should never have been there, except for the spectacle created by a mentally unfit president who used these troops for his personal agenda, ...not in defense of this country. I hope with every fiber of my being, that the tragic responsibility of someone's death lies solely on his soul alone. He put her there ....!!! 😥
So sorry about Sarah's demise and her fellow NG soldier's head wound, but just why the hell did they put themselves in harm's way in the first place? Were they not following an illegal order, now so certified by a judge? Our nation is in the throes of Donald Trump attempting to establish himself ABOVE THE LAWS of our nation and its Constitution, which he appears to have never read, just like he did not put his left hand on the Bible during his swearing-in in Jan. 2025, or his obvious leadership of an attempted coup against the US Congress on Jan. 21,2021, in order to stay in power by voiding the 2024 national election results. Blame Trump for this murder and we may see more due to his untreated mental illness and the grifters/sycophants supporting/protecting him from his own deep self-loathing reaching his conscious mind. Have a blessed evening and pray for the safety of ALL Americans, including but not limited to the NG soldiers.
Sarah Beckstrom died for the sins of the Republican Party.
The person who shot her was an Afghani national, brought here as an end result of an unnecessary war started by the Republican Party after September 11, and a hasty, poorly-planned withdrawal orchestrated by the Trump Administration. The Afghan government was willing to turn over the location of Osama Bin Laden, but President Bush wanted a war.
He was (apparently) vetted by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
But the question of "Why did he do it?" remains unanswered. Why did he drive all the way across the country to shoot two National Guardsmen? Surely there were closer targets. Was this a statement? Was he afraid of being deported to Afghanistan, since the Trump Administration seems willing to deport anyone at any time for any reason? Was he threatened with deportation?
Or was he paid to do it? And who paid him? The Taliban? The Trump Administration, to create another "national emergency", giving guaranteed immunity for his family in exchange for this "job"? Russia, or China, to push America farther toward authoritarianism?
At this point, I wouldn't count anything out.