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Trump only appoints the best people, the very best people. If Trump ordered Hegseth to use military force against American civilians who opposed him and were doing so peacefully, is there any doubt that this guy would gladly give the order to do so? "Guardrails", indeed.
This is, of course, the only reason why anyone would pick that guy to lead the DoD. And all the GOP Senators either think that's a feature (e.g. Cotton) or are too cowardly to do anything.

Hey Joni Ernst, why are you so scared of a primary challenge? You're the fucking incumbent and you're popular. You have nothing to fear.
 
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Yes, I would say that. I would be absolutely shocked if a former member of the military would use the military on the people they've sworn to protect regardless of who requested it.
Really? Even when that "former member of the military" is a sycophant and devotee of a man who routinely says that his political opponents inside this country are a bigger enemy than the autocrats and dictators who control our geopolitical foes?

When you put people in government who believe stuff like that - and many of the members of the military also believe it - you get the conditions that can create things like this:

 
Oh, good, he invoked that old "smoke every cigarette in the pack" urban myth. Has this approach to teen smoking ever been shown to have any success? Seems to me that it would merely alienate the child, who would then smoke elsewhere because the child hasn't learned to hate cigs; they have just learned to hate smoking 20 cigs in a row.

When Hegseth invokes that analogy, he reveals himself as the asshole that he is, while not making any sense at all.

It's worth noting that men who hate minorities and are abusive to women typically have authoritarian personalities.
 
Oh, good, he invoked that old "smoke every cigarette in the pack" urban myth. Has this approach to teen smoking ever been shown to have any success? Seems to me that it would merely alienate the child, who would then smoke elsewhere because the child hasn't learned to hate cigs; they have just learned to hate smoking 20 cigs in a row.

When Hegseth invokes that analogy, he reveals himself as the asshole that he is, while not making any sense at all.

It's worth noting that men who hate minorities and are abusive to women typically have authoritarian personalities.
Yeah, the analogy doesn’t make any sense. But there is a good chance he was drunk when he said it.
 
Really? Even when that "former member of the military" is a sycophant and devotee of a man who routinely says that his political opponents inside this country are a bigger enemy than the autocrats and dictators who control our geopolitical foes?
Really? Even when that "former member of the military" is a sycophant and devotee of a man who routinely says that his political opponents inside this country are a bigger enemy than the autocrats and dictators who control our geopolitical foes?

When you put people in government who believe stuff like that - and many of the members of the military also believe it - you get the conditions that can create things like this:


There are probably many things that our military/leadership has done that, by today's standards, seem unacceptable. Using nukes, as we did on Japan, being one of them. Even our local law enforcement behaves much, much differently than it would have 50 years ago. I don't think we'll ever know what truly happened at Kent State, and why some of the guardsmen opened fire, but I also believe it's an exception that proves the rule.

Obviously, I could be wrong, but I really don't see even Hegseth, even if ordered by Trump, using the military on US citizens.
 

Are you prohibited from posting anything but gotcha comments propagated by lefty media? I have watched 90% of the hearing to this point and this is what is chosen to be posted? While not shocked by this, just wondering if the intent is to inform or feed the rabid echo chamber here? Good news, a lot more coming from kirsten gillibrand and elizabeth warren.
 
Are you prohibited from posting anything but gotcha comments propagated by lefty media? I have watched 90% of the hearing to this point and this is what is chosen to be posted? While not shocked by this, just wondering if the intent is to inform or feed the rabid echo chamber here? Good news, a lot more coming from kirsten gillibrand and elizabeth warren.
CSPAN is "lefty media"?
 
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I wonder if Ron has considered that Biden did not extend protected status for Venezuelan immigrants? I mean, he may be thrilled, I don’t know.
 
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