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I am not a fan of the military, but man, Hegseth and Trump are driving people away in droves with this kind of crap.
Oh well.
Yeah, this is NOT how you plan for a military coup
He doesn't have to pretend he cares anymore after you can't do anything for him.
They'll keep glazing on this fool
Maybe he put all the personal into a not war to be not in America?
When Vance was asked about this at a press conference, he asked the reporter for the widow's contact information (because the Pentagon doesn't have it?), and assured that she would get everything she's entitled to.
What do you want to bet that she'll receive a visit from some military goons, who will tell her that she will get ALL that she is entitled to, which is NOTHING, because he didn't die in an official war, and if she doesn't shut the fuck up about it, she'll be arrested and deported to Africa for being an undocumented alien?
It’s an answer a junior customer service rep would give when they have no idea how the organization or any processes actually work.
The USA has become a sort of Simpsons/Black Mirror crossover episode.
Although Donald Trump, the US president, has repeatedly called US military operations against Iran a war, he backed Mr Vanceon Friday, saying US strikes were "intermittent".
He said "A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict, because it's small potatoes for us."
I can’t wait for this guy to shut the fuck up.
What a disgusting blowhard bullshitter.
I'm not sure pissing off the (still alive) people you trained to be killers is the best idea.
He has done so for years and they follow all orders to this day. So obviously no reason to stop treating them like shit.
That doesn't mean there aren't plans of a coup brewing. It would be a bad coup if we knew about it.
Why? Not like they’re gonna coup this douchebag
We couldn't possibly know that. If we knew about them planning a coup, it would be a failed coup.
Somehow, we can afford to pay Mitch McConnell to take 3 months off, and hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump to play golf (with 50 secret service), but widow of dead soldier? That's where we draw the line
Since its inception, the US government has never liked paying soldiers for war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Mutiny_of_1783
Alexander Hamilton didn't even want to pay the IOUs back, until he decided that many were owned by investors that had bought them from soldiers. The quote was something to the effect of, "those investors are true Americans and they should get their money." The Dollop podcast has a good 4-parter on Hamilton that covers that and other issues.
Human history really is just a long convoluted story of class warfare isn’t it…
Why the fuck is it so hard for these absolute demons to just fucking share?
Is sharing really that bad? Is exerting yourself on others to spite their will really so addictive and so intoxicating?
… why?… I don’t fucking see it.
Why is power so delicious to some people? Why can nothing less sate their palates?
I genuinely don’t fucking get it. To me, a good gathering with good people and good food, and then to go home with a kind partner who genuinely desires me — is heaven on earth. A day with all of it is a day my heart is full and my chin is high.
What compels someone to look at that as though it’s some pittance, and the real prize is when ONLY YOU are allowed satisfaction???? Why do some people need others to suffer in order for them to feel pleasure?????????????????
They're sociopaths, I guess. Something isn't wired right in their heads.
Didn't this also contribute directly to the business plot and not wanting to pay an army of veterans camped on the front lawn of the Whitehouse?
That's wild.
Oh wow, the administration of conmen have conned more men 🙄
But fr good fuck them
"A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict, because it's small potatoes for us."
Apparently he has small potatoes 🥔🥔🤏
Why would it matter if we're at war or not?
It's combat and someone died as part of it.
That's so fucking cool! I am a part of a union that is voting to strike. I realize that some people have financial opportunities in going through the military. Fuck you. War machine. Your fault.
So much winning Americans.
That's bullshit. You know what else is bullshit? That the trumpstein files haven't been released. Innocent people do not try to hide like this and innocent people aren't named in the trumpstein files more than God is named in the Bible.
Stupid loopholes
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