• elbucho@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I have no idea why this admiral would be willing to fall on the stupidest sword imaginable for pete god damned hegseth. Like… are they offering him a lot of money or something? How flimsy is his sense of honor that he’d be willing to sell out his entire reputation for that?

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      1 day ago

      Maybe he really is this shitty. Remember that the guy who used to have this job retired a few months ago. Maybe this guy was picked to replace him because he’s just as much of an asshole as the rest of them.

      • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        IIRC, the previous guy left (don’t remember if willingly) because he questioned the legality of what they were doing. You can all but guarantee that his replacement is a huge piece of shit.

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      You read too many Clancy novels, honor and reputation don’t buy Porsches. He’ll get some sweet bullshit diplomatic post or hired back as consultant.

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        14 hours ago

        More like he signed up to do this job and thats why they gave it to him in the first place. His predecessor retired recently.