Of course Hesgeth didn’t see much fighting from the ISAF allies- he had a nice safe teaching gig in Kabul. If you want to see infantry shit, you need to go where there’s infantry shit being done.Hegseth: Hold my beer.
Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds dead
‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort from US partnerswww.independent.co.uk
Trump administration 2024-2028
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He sounds like a total dipshit.
He does have a point about there being lots of flags. There were a handful of nations in Afghanistan whose soldiers weren't allowed to either leave KAF or the fobs. They were there to show their flags but ended up just eating rations.
On the other hand that was the US's battle that they coerced their allies and NATO into joining. Stupid of him to make it seem like a NATO driven thing and the US just showed up to lend a hand.
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True, but his boss was making the same noises as far back as his POTUS45 tenure - "What did THEY ever do for us?" - so he remains true to type.
Sort of the opposite of American war films, right there
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There is probably at least 158 families here in Canada that will not take this lightly. Mine included.Hegseth: Hold my beer.
Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds dead
‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort from US partners
What's this fucker's email address? Never mind - an interaction with the Secret Service or ANY American law enforcement agency is not something I want especially in the climate of "yer fer us er agin us" dipshit American diplomacy.
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This is a silk screen print I made for a project right after the tariff silliness started.
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I'm not too sure about that. The Title 10 article under which Trump ordered these guardsmen/women to active duty includes this statement:
"Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia."
While my experience with US Army pers admin was very limited and long ago, my impression then was it made similar CAF processes seem almost invisible. After a quick look at AR 600-8-105 (the regulation prescribing policies and mandated tasks regarding military orders) and DA Pam 600-8-105 (describes the orders formats and their use in specific circumstances), it appears that any of the formats that may apply to order guardsmen to active duty under that specific title mandates including a statement to the effect that the individual is ordered to active duty with the consent of the Governor. There are formats that do not include a "Governor's consent" but they are for different circumstances.
The Governor of California has been very clear that he has not consented to use of the National Guard. I don't doubt that documenting the duty status of the guardsmen will eventually be accomplished. I am less confident that "those papers will be sent to their units within a day or so", especially since it's their units' responsibility to cut the orders.
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Oh boy.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.www.military.com
Wow, that was bad. So unprofessional. It’s unfortunate that leadership probably won’t say or do anything.
Having said that, I always found it distasteful that for years (decades?), politicians of all stripes would have uniformed soldiers or LEOs lined up behind them as props for thinly disguised political events. I really didn’t like it when it started creeping into this country. It reminds me of the civil servants at the Pearson Building cheering Trudeau shortly after he became PM. What we saw at Ft. Bragg is the natural extension of this, IMHO.
I really hope this event stops this practice, at least in this country.
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Alex Padilla forcibly removed after interrupting Kristi Noem’s immigration presser
Democratic senator was accosted and restrained by law enforcement officers after interrupting DHS chief during LA protest press conference
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That sure doesn't sound like the original 'mission'. Pretty sure a certain angry failed artist did a similar thing. The way Senator Padilla was treated for simply vocalizing a question was chilling.
The exact issue you bolded, along with other aspects such as the Title 10 statutory preconditions for federalizing the Guard, was argued in a hearing in federal court that wrapped about an hour or so ago. The judge is hoping to have something preliminary issued today, which really could be any time now. Watch and shoot.
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Hopefully you were not unfortunately prescient.
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Quaint... but they are not apparently training with vehicles, which is how you beat rioters - a mixed baseline with troops and vehicles, mainly vehicles so you don't expose the troops to injury:
Nicely demonstrated by the PSNI this week in Ballymena, good drills...
Nicely demonstrated by the PSNI this week in Ballymena, good drills...
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Might be the start of a new red state trend.
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Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protests
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police.
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Missouri Gov. Kehoe activates National Guard as ‘precautionary measure’
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Thursday that he’s activated the Missouri National Guard as a “precautionary measure” for the possibility of civil unrest.
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A federal judge has ruled Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard illegal, but for failing to satisfy the required statutory preconditions, and as a violation of the 10th amendment. The temporary restraining order takes effect at noon tomorrow.
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It's funny, but I try to keep the Funny Pics and Videos thread apolitical.
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An interesting read. As I went through it I couldn't help but notice that several times the projectiles thrown at law enforcement were identified as ". . . fireworks, rocks and mangos . . .". No other fruit, vegetable or other comestible was listed as a weapon. Is there such an overabundance of mangos in Los Angeles that they are the grenade of choice or are they of particularly aerodynamic design that selection as a weapon is obvious? Will the unpleasantness in Los Angeles become known as the "Mango Melee".
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One of Trump's nicknames is "Mango Mussolini".
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