silence7@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHegseth’s Firing Campaign Reaches Down Into the Ranks | The ouster of the spokesperson Dave Butler, a colonel, shows that the defense secretary’s culling is far from over.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkHegseth’s Firing Campaign Reaches Down Into the Ranks | The ouster of the spokesperson Dave Butler, a colonel, shows that the defense secretary’s culling is far from over.www.theatlantic.comsilence7@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up31·3 days agoYou don’t purge the military of anyone who disagrees unless you plan to do some shit that the military would try to stop. This move can only be read as our illegal fascist regime consolidating it’s grip on power.
minus-squareInsekticus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoAnd anyone who wants to see where this goes, so read some news about the RSF in Sudan. A well-equipped military filled with loyal men who are okay with committing atrocities in the name of their generals.
You don’t purge the military of anyone who disagrees unless you plan to do some shit that the military would try to stop.
This move can only be read as our illegal fascist regime consolidating it’s grip on power.
And anyone who wants to see where this goes, so read some news about the RSF in Sudan.
A well-equipped military filled with loyal men who are okay with committing atrocities in the name of their generals.