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Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech (dailyboulder.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Salamence@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6319064

And he was appointed by trump first term

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It should be plural

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

They need to be acting and coordinating en masse. A principled retirement or order refusal every once in a while won't meaningfully impact fascism.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

First victim of the general staff purges

[–] leafperson@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

the CIA realised the empire was unsustainable and decided that their final regime change would be a US military coup. Keep up the good work agent Hegseth.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Air force?? Haven't they been fully run by evangelicals for like, 20 years already?

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago

Its unlikey this coward would have done any good even if he stayed. pathetic.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I have a feeling there is more to the story that influenced this resignation.

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