Hegseth’s nomination, I just realized, is another chance to recommend the two books that all Americans should read to understand what the military does, and the cost to the people who do it:
“The Good Soldiers” and its
sequel of a sort, “Thank You For Your Service,” by David Finkel.
“The Good Soldiers” and its
sequel of a sort, “Thank You For Your Service,” by David Finkel.
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Trump just wants folks who will do whatever he says, no matter the cost.
And people like Hegseth never rise to positions of any influence.
That's why Trump whines about "his generals" all the time. He knows who runs the show.
That's why among their toxic traits... they are uniformly terrible administrators who have never led anything.
The only 1 with practical experience running a big entity facing lots of problems is Linda McMahon🤦♀️
That's not gonna change. Tax cuts for the wealthy will take precedent and after that I don't expect much else to change.
He won't crash the economy deporting millions of workers. His CEO base won't abide.
If you are wrong, there will be hell to pay.
Even if you are right, imagine Bird Flu full Pandemic under these morons. Folks can cause a lot of harm when they just want to play golf & sell crypto when they run the most powerful empire in the world
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/21/black-hearts-jim-frederick
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
https://www.au.org/donate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du3Og3srq4I
And also who votes down healthcare funding and benefits for veterans.
You can do much but if you have not love. You are a clanging cymbal.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
And “Not for the faint of heart.”
and here we are accepting fraudulent election results 🙄
Wait...
“The Outpost”
By @jaketapper.bsky.social
“The Long Road Home” by Martha Raddatz
“Absolutely American” by David Lipsky
I’LL CHECK OUT THOSE BOOKS!!