Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton went at fellow West Point graduate and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Twitter Tuesday night, calling him out for his “disgusting performance” in recent days.
Eaton is a two-star general and decorated veteran of the Armed Forces who works as an adviser to VoteVets.org, a progressive veterans organization, and has been actively critical about the dangers of a Trump White House. Eaton was responding to the recent series of blowups, subsequent lies, and coverups by Pompeo in light of his behavior during and after an interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly.
Like Pompeo, Maj. Gen. Eaton is a West Point graduate. But Eaton remembers that West Point prides itself on teaching a code of honor. As a commenter posted in the replies, “The Cadet Honor Code” does not “tolerate” liars like Pompeo.
Nor should they.