Anonymous wrote:
He really is a poor public speaker. As someone who went to Princeton and Harvard, it's pretty shocking that he's so poorly spoken.
The veterans slowly walked to the epitaph with the help of service members to pay tribute to their fellow Marines and sailors who perished there. Charles Cram, a Navy corpsman who was wounded and awarded for his bravery, saluted the epitaph and gently touched the wreath of red, blue and white flowers, as did the others.
Cram, who landed on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, spent the first night in a foxhole by himself feeling “terribly scared.” A few days later, Cram was shot in his leg by a Japanese sniper while checking on a Marine and was evacuated. By then he had lost most of the 250 Marines he landed with.
“I felt some sadness in my heart that I realized that this is one of the futilities of war,” Cram, 99, said during his first trip back since the battle.
In a sign of reconciliation, Cram said he brought a flag he took from a Japanese soldier and handed it over to one of Japanese officials at the ceremony, expressing his hopes it would be returned to the soldier’s family.
Anonymous wrote:When this is over I hope people like Bondi, all of the GOP congressmen and others will need to live in exile. Maybe they can move to Russia.
Anonymous wrote:
And there is more...his brother somehow obtained a top position at the pentagon despite having no credentials.
Anonymous wrote:So who’s been fired yet? Who’s calling for resignations? How is this just turning out to be nothing for all of you people who love our vets and our military?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here are Peter Hegseth’s credentials. He works very closely with his brother, despite having zero relevant experience. And it’s not the first time that the SecDef has gotten his brother a job.
“Phil Hegseth's background includes founding a podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working in social media and podcasting at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank. He now works closely alongside his brother, with an office just down the hall on the Pentagon's E-Ring and a regular seat at high-level meetings, including recent sessions with international officials and celebrities like UFC champion Conor McGregor.
This is not the first time the Hegseth brothers have worked together. During Pete Hegseth's tenure as CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, the organization paid Phil $108,000 for media consulting, according to tax records. Phil also appeared frequently alongside his brother throughout his Senate confirmation process.”
https://www.newsweek.com/who-phil-hegseth-defense-secretarys-brother-senior-pentagon-role-2052353
Does the brother have a clearance? Anyone in the military or with loved ones in the military should want Hegseth out ASAP.
Anonymous wrote:Yes. One of many shocking things about the text thread is that Trump was not one of the decision makers. Not even included in the group chat, and was probably golfing at the time.
I mean, I guess that's not really surprising.