The assumption that his removal from the NSC is the end of the retaliation against Vindman is kind of odd.
We live in a world where a Fox host secured pardons for war criminals and when the Navy secretary supported a process that could lead to one of them losing their SEAL tab, the secretary got fired.
"Now he'll just go back to the Army" is true as long as the president doesn't get the idea to pull his ranger tab or demote him a few ranks or what have you.
Trump is incredibly vindictive and has more discretion to fuck with the life of an active-duty service member than basically anyone else. The vengeance will be limited by his attention span.
FYI, here's how Fox is describing Vindman this morning -- as a "chow thief" and "spotlight Ranger" who was hated by fellow members of his Ranger class and became a "left-winger his entire career" who was "probably a part of leaking" and "a concerted effort to hurt" Trump at NSC.
