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    Are there any queers in the theater army tonight?
    Get them up against the wall
    There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me
    Get him up against the wall
    That one looks Jewish!
    And that one’s a coon!
    Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
    There’s one smoking a joint!
    And another with spots!
    If I had my way
    I’d have all of you shot!

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    its interesting how this was reported in the Australian press, selective quoting, this is from the AFR, the Aus. equivalent of the WSJ, just a complete misquote…

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    Anyone seen the video of this douche bag trying to do a workout with the army. By workout, I mean essentially calisthenics. The guy looks like an absolute moron with the side steps.

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      What really gets me about those clips is he posted them! This wasn’t some leaked video. He saw that and thought it looked badass.

      I regularly ask myself how much they believe their own bullshit. For a long time I thought they didn’t but Hegseth might actually be that clueless.

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    Hey, Pete, you know what happens when you decide to kick all those people out? You lose all the people running the cybersecurity division. Funny how that stuff works.

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      This thread brought me to a new thought. As with most essential parts of our government, maybe he is trying to push for privatizing the military. By firing top positions without reappointment and cancelling or delaying payment to labor, they create a volatile work environment. Spending increases on military does not go to our servicemen. Now attacking the people who want to serve is making their jobs near as unsafe as the frontline. This they hope will lead to low recruitment and retention, resulting in a need to hire more contractors.

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      As the old saying goes. A plane crash returning from a furry convention would put the software and cybersecurity industries back decades.

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      Also, basically every other role that’s not basic infantry… including spec-ops who are allowed to have beards to operate clandestinely.

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        hesgeth got mad because he never was able to obtain ranger school because hes such a screwup, i heard it was unofficially required for his position when he was sitll in the military.

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      He didnt say no furries although seems like the FBI is trying to attract them (and not knowing what a furry is)

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        Yeah, and from what we’ve been seeing… AI… err… “SI”… has been doing more offensive action than defensive action…

        The best their so-called SI could do for their defensive strategy would be to encrypt everything… and then being unable to get the data back…

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    Outrage about woke is 2023

    Even MAGA has woken up to it being the great con played upon them

    This bloke is like a tiktok streamer playing the role of defence secretary from a 1980s action movie

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    And then he puts fucking Elon Fatty Musk wimpy nazi in charge. Yanks - please kick out this administration

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    Because when you are losing a war, the sort of facial hair you have really matters. Reality doesn’t back them up, so they have to go for crass appearance. Not “weak” my ass.

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    “I am directing the Secretary of the Army to implement a comprehensive transformation strategy, streamline its force structure, eliminate wasteful spending, reform…”

    lol