This honor of speaking truth to power - thank you Ambassador Taylor and Lt. Col. Vindman

Ambassador William B. Taylor, Jr. testified under oath. This is the truth that Republicans are too cowardly to face up to.

Thanking our Americans who are courageously willing to speak truth to power.  An echo opinion letter published in Tulsa World, an Oklahoma newspaper.

Honorable men testifying before House Intelligence Committee

"Those who attack them should be ashamed."~ Lee Snodgrass

Two witnesses who testified to the House Intelligence Committee were vilified by some Republicans and by (right wing nuts!) Fox News commentators. I am not writing to talk about their testimony but to (justly criticize) the (unwarranted and cruel!) attacks on them.

Ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman are true patriots with impeccable credentials.

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) -- Military.com

For over two decades, Vindman has served honorably in the Army. His overseas tours include South Korea and Germany along with a deployment in Iraq, where he was wounded by an IED and awarded a Purple Heart. Since 2008, he has been a foreign area officer specializing in Eurasia.

Ambassador Taylor has served our country for over 50 years. He is a graduate of West Point and was an infantry officer for six years in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam.

He then served in the Department of Energy, as a Senate staffer, at NATO and finally at the State Department.

While at the State Department, he served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jerusalem and Ukraine.

When asked by Secretary Mike Pompeo to come out of retirement and serve one more time as the acting ambassador to Ukraine, he answered the call.

Both men are patriots who dedicated their lives to the service of America and deserve our respect and thanks. Those who attack them should be ashamed.
From Lee Snodgrass, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma