Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Time for Trump to fire his Secretary of Defense Date:   1/7/2020 6:48:24 PM

My Director used to work closely with Mark Esper in another of his iterations.  I can assure you that he is a man of integrity and he will do his very best to keep Trump from committing a crime.  Mark is not your normal, no experience political appointee.  He is a straight arrow.  BTW, Pompeo has said the same thing.  

It's not illegal to talk about such things.  Trump is giving the Iranians something to think about.  

And While we're talking about Iran, just because he deployed troops from the 82nd does not mean we are going to war.  It's a show a military force projection - and it's not a bad training exercise either.