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Hegseth asks the Army's top uniformed officer to step down while US wages war against Iran (apnews.com)
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Not much to discuss.

Now we wait for either a successful assassination attempt or for a coalition of the willing to liberate America and deal with the Southerners better than they did with their last attempt.

Or he dies of natural causes and JD supervises the rats eating each other.

No way you’ll uninstall this with discussion, protests or elections.

This is general strike, or bullet material.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I don’t think assassination is likely (already been tried (or staged) and was so close that I’m certain the secret service has gotten many earfuls and more resources since then) but you’re right that he’s in poor health and old. I bet JD has been looking forward to getting to suddenly be in charge of the domestic fascism, but this war business clearly has him uncomfortable. He’s really not going to want to inherit the shit sandwich if the US military blows its wad in the Middle East and then China takes the opportunity to jump on Taiwan. With their energy capacity growth and manufacturing capability they are well positioned to exert their will and Xi is way smarter than Donny.

    Was Bondi fired on the same day as Randy George to keep the zone flooded and distract us from this Operation Epstein Fury development, or because the Epstein Files heat is increasing again with her upcoming April 14th congressional deposition?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I’m not sure if Bondi still has to show up. I don’t know if the subpoena is for the office or the person. I find it interesting on that front that despite her persuading something in the private sector, that she was fired instead of just resigned. Does the firing influence whether she needs to show up for the deposition?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago

    I’m not sure either. If the subpoena is for the office, then having a new person installed now will let them truthfully answer every question with some variant of “I don’t know, I wasn’t there.”

    If it’s a personal summons, it’s probably still “helpful” for to have been fired. Maybe her security clearance gets revoked and she uses that as grounds to avoid discussing thorny topics?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (3 children)

    I’ve been contemplating this terrible Truman Show that we’re living in and finding it ironic that Iran, this bogeyman for decades, has a chance to be the entity that finally tells the guy no and makes it stick. It’s a really interesting twist from the writers’ room. But the likelihood of that chance working out depends a lot on how far the US-Israeli war crimes go, and this story is bad news on that front.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Since the military is completely spineless and won’t give a damn about the constitution he will tamp this up to the point of using tactical nukes on Iran.

    He only has two goals: distract from the epstein files and make sure his power isn’t curbed domestically.

    But even with nukes, Iran won’t give up. They are defending their own existence.

    I.e. to Mango Iran is just a means to an end, but to Iran this war is about the survival of the Persian peoples.

    Iran has the most passive power of all nations in the Middle East. They are literally capable of forging alliances that we’re not possible prior to this war. This might help cause China to emerge as the new world power to replace the US.

    Hey would you look at that. We are discussing this

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    The mid- and low- ranks are taught that their duty is to follow orders above all else. Even with some instruction about war crimes, they’ve still been told that theirs is not to reason why (or make reply), theirs is but to do and die. I wouldn’t call it spinelessness, but I take your point.

    The high-level officers are supposed to know better than to order the wrong things, and I have to applaud Randy George for his refusal. Getting fired publicly is presumably the best warning he feels he can provide. But they’ll dig around and find someone more compliant, then proceed.

    The article has been updated since I originally posted it, with new developments:

    Hegseth also has ousted Army Gen. David Hodne and Army Maj. Gen. William Green, according to a Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive leadership changes. A reason for their departures also was not given.

    Gen. Christopher LaNeve will be stepping in as acting Army chief of staff, the Pentagon official said. LaNeve was serving as Hegseth’s top military aide when Trump suddenly nominated him to be the Army’s vice chief of staff last October. It is a meteoric rise for an officer who was only a two-star general two years ago.

    So there it is. Anyone with a “meteoric rise” under this administration is a loyalist and will do what the last three before him refused.

    I’ve already heard talk of the emergence of the petroyuan. If the petrodollar collapses, so will US hegemony. Existential threats abound for many.

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    • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    And I thought they had replaced everyone that had a spine with loyalists

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Does this means he prefers officers that are not in their uniforms?

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