Existence of group chat including Hegseth, his wife and others prompt calls for defense secretary to step down
A former top Pentagon spokesperson has slammed Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the department of defense, as pressure mounts on the US’s top military official following reports of a second Signal chatroom used to discuss sensitive military operations.
John Ullyot, who resigned last week after initially serving as Pentagon spokesperson, said in a opinion essay published by Politico on Sunday that the Pentagon has been overwhelmed by staff drama and turnover in the initial months of the second Trump administration.
Ullyot called the situation a “full-blown meltdown” that could cost Hegseth, a 44-year-old former Fox News host and National Guard officer, his job as defense secretary.
How about we call for his arrest and trial?
yes - as a war criminal for ordering the murder of Yemeni citizens
Yep its rather disgusting how lots of people frame these things to just criticize his unprofessionalism and gloss over and ignore the war crimes.
Considereding the Hague invasion clause is still in place in the U.S.A it’s not surprising.
No one has ever been meaningfully punished there for war crimes or mass murder but if you’re incompetent/ a leaker the state department is on your ass quick.
I mean ffs the democratic party threw anti genocide protestors under the bus rather then critique Israel over its ongoing genocide. It’s honestly just a reflection of what seems to be the average American mentality.
rampant war crimes aren’t surprising; the US has been doing that for forever. But there used to be the veneer of competence, so I understand why that’s the part that’s getting the focus.
At least in the time of Obama they changed the definition of “Killed Enemy Combatant” to be “Every dead male of military age” to make the collateral casualty numbers of their “targetted” drone murders in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan look less outrageous.
The current bunch don’t even care enough or are competent enough to manage the optics by “adjusting” a few definitions to shift the counts.
Mind you, for those on the receiving end of the bombings, the effects are still the same.
Probably because criticizing the US for war crimes leads to Democrats too
There are reasons the US doesn’t give a shit about the ICC
The one who gave him that job needs to be held accountable as well.
No need, these days you just get a bunch of people in black and secret him away in a van.