has any asked BourbonPete why the *only* recent firings were his own three hand-picked staffers? He was their boss -- he could have saved them, correct?
(of course likely none of them deserved to be in the Pentagon in any job)
Oh man I want them to pull the trigger on this administration. There was a country recently that did that, wasn't there? The military removed the head of state but then they did go back to being a democracy?
I love how "leakers" is meant as an inherent smear. It's so clarifying that "sharing bad looking info" is supposed to be a necessarily negative thing. That's because loyalty to a higher call - the Constitution, say - is not seen as a virtue. Only personal loyalty is.
you don't make tulsi fucking gabbard DNI if competency is what you need, you do it for the chaos, and the pinkie swear promise they'll never to a coup, that's it, that's the whole show
what if i told you he doesn't care. what if i told you trump is looking to burn it all to the ground befoe he shuffles off this mortal coil. what if i told you a million dead covid victims were screaming this through their gurggling fluids at us.
The US tradition of civilian control of military is a vital democratic institution, as is the military's professed committment to obey *lawful* orders.
Mark Milley tried to honor his oath, so Trump hates him.
That may also be why we didn't get martial law.
I have a lot of experience in this. I can flat guarantee that insubordination and intransigience are very rare.
However, a large company, and the US Military is the biggest employer in America, runs on trust. If your subordinates don't trust you, they shut up. 1/
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(of course likely none of them deserved to be in the Pentagon in any job)
“I had to fire people for misconduct. This is a conspiracy.” Bonkers
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/bullshit-reporting-the-intercepts-story-about-government-policing-disinfo-is-absolute-garbage/
It's not just wide open for adversaries.
Maybe he hasn't realized that yet.
The coup is actually happening in the White House my dude.
The US tradition of civilian control of military is a vital democratic institution, as is the military's professed committment to obey *lawful* orders.
Mark Milley tried to honor his oath, so Trump hates him.
That may also be why we didn't get martial law.
However, a large company, and the US Military is the biggest employer in America, runs on trust. If your subordinates don't trust you, they shut up. 1/
A good officer hardly has to work. A bad officer has to work their ass off to accomplish the same tasks. 2/2