Should Trump fire Neller? No. Neller should resign for the good of the service!

via AOL.

Marine Corps commandant Robert Neller allowed critical, internal memos to be leaked to news outlets, according to US Defense Department officials cited in a Newsweek report.

Neller, a four-star general and a 44-year Marine Corps veteran, is said to have leaked the memos in an effort to warn the public of the negative impact of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.

"He didn't want the Marines and families at Camp Lejeune ... to get f---ed," one official reportedly said.

The commanding officer of the US Marine Corps allowed critical, internal memos to be leaked to news outlets in March, according to a Newsweek report on Wednesday.

Marine Corps commandant Robert Neller allowed the leak to the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, according to two Defense Department officials cited in the report. The memos were signed by Neller and addressed to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan.

Neller, a four-star general and a 44-year Marine Corps veteran, is said to have leaked the memos in an effort to warn the public of the negative impact of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.

Story here. 

This is kinda distressing.  I highlighted the portion of the text that explains Neller's actions.

He did this for all the right reasons and for that I applaud him.

But this is still an "oh shit" moment.

He shouldn't wait for the fire to hit the Marine Corps.  This is a time when a leader steps up and takes the brunt of the blow.

He shouldn't give the President a decision to make with regard to this breach of protocol.  If he truly believes his actions were justified (and I believe he does) then he should offer his resignation.

If Trump is reasonable and understanding and doesn't want the backlash then he will refuse it, seek funding elsewhere and move on.  If he wants his pound of flesh then he'll have Neller's scalp on the wall and other Marine Corps programs won't be hit.

Either way this is kinda disappointing.

Leaking to the news media?  Private communication between him and the SecDef?

Terrible way to do business even if its common in Washington.

My preference?

Let the USAF, USN and US Army play those types of games.  My Marine Corps needs to be above this type of filth...even if they consider it a gamme inside the beltway.