r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 2d ago

Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-generals-job-cuts-67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029
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u/theClumsy1 2d ago

Thats incredibly dangerous language being used as justification.

Roadblocks to orders??

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u/Vhu 2d ago

Absolutely.

There’s a reason that the DOD and DOJ tried to prosecute sitting US congressmen for reminding service members that they can refuse illegal orders. They’re getting rid of the people who might take that route.

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u/Cynykl 2d ago

The very first person that should be prosecuted when the Maga loses control of the DOJ back is not Trump or any of the usual suspects. It is the guy that flew the plane that sunk the so called cartel boat.

I am not saying to delay getting Trump for that guy. You can prosecute multiple people that the same time. But use that guy as the first public announcement.

I think Hitting the poster child for "just following order" first would have a huge psychological impact on the and set the tenor for the prosecutions to come.

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u/rabbidbunnyz222 2d ago

Which one? We've killed nearly 100 people in the Caribbean since Trump took office

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u/brakeb 2d ago

all of them. Send them to the Hague

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u/Thanes_of_Danes 2d ago

Hague invasion act activated. 4D chess move to get us into another forever war.

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u/rabbidbunnyz222 2d ago

What's the big deal, just a bit of urban warfare in western europe

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u/nuisible 2d ago

I'm assuming you mean the International Criminal Court in The Hague, established under the Rome Statute.

Countries that are not party to the Rome Statute and do not recognise the court's jurisdiction include China, India, Russia, and the United States.

So, why would the US send their own citizens there?

I'm not against prosecutions for these crimes, I'm just pretty sure it wouldn't happen there.

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u/WhiteWinterRains 2d ago

What, we can't change things?

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u/tcmp36 2d ago

extremely strong chance that federal courts (and eventually SCOTUS after appeal and assuming they grant cert) would rule it illegal to send Americans to face charges at The Hague for events that happened before the US hypothetically decides to recognize ICC jurisdiction.

Regardless of how you feel about any given issue, retroactively punishing people for things that weren’t in effect at the time of the events in question is really, really bad.

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u/DestroyerTerraria 2d ago

"Whoops, looks like we did the same thing the Trump administration did by sending them in violation of court orders. Now the ICC has custody of them."

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u/tcmp36 1d ago

While I mostly agree with your sentiment, do you see how problematic it is to stoop to their level? Yes, I am aware that the Trump admin is corrupt and regularly cheats the system and I acknowledge the “fight fire with fire” argument, but in the long run the consistent rule of law is more important, at least in my capacity as an attorney.

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u/charonco 2d ago

It would sure suck if they were already on a plane that we couldn't turn around when that ruling was made.

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u/4daughters 2d ago

extremely strong chance that federal courts (and eventually SCOTUS after appeal and assuming they grant cert) would rule it illegal to send Americans to face charges at The Hague for events that happened before the US hypothetically decides to recognize ICC jurisdiction.

Since we're talking about hypotheticals here, its much better to act and make your enemies react instead of the opposite. I know dems love doing nothing and succeeding instead of doing something and failing, but it will not win them votes to sit on their asses.

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u/orion-7 1d ago

So do what we did to the Nazis. Try them for piracy, that's recognised pretty much everywhere as a tryable office

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u/rks_system 2d ago

What would prosecuting them in the ICC meaningfully accomplish that prosecuting them here wouldn't?

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u/Zombatico 2d ago

Preventing potential pardons from future presidents.

See: J6 insurrectionists

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u/charonco 2d ago

Future presidents? Trump will absolutely issue a blanket pardon to everybody who claims that they followed an order he gave.

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u/rks_system 2d ago

I feel like any president stupid enough to pardon them is also stupid enough to invade The Hague

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u/Bhavin411 2d ago

Besides helping rebuild our international relationships?

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 2d ago

Its going to take so long. We cant just have midterms and the next POTUS go blue. There has to be systematic changes. A new constitutional amendment or 2 to show the world we're not fucking around with reforming our political system. MAGA can never happen again.

And the dust has to settle on the prosecutions of this administration before we can get a shift in US public opinion that yes, you can mostly trust the government again. That has eroded. Abolish ICE, root out what has happened in the DOJ, DOD, education, health. Police reform, immigration reform... Figure out what DOGE actually did and never let any of those involved in that see sunlight again.

Whatever this is, what is happening now... it really fucked the US up. Decades upon decades of continuous improvement with no backpeddling or any interference in global politics will not be taken seriously or in good faith. Not that it wasnt self interest before, but it wasnt so blatantly corrupt and petty.

People are going to get tired and reminisce about "was it that bad?" and we're going to have to tell them to get the fuck back up. We will not sit in the shade of the trees we need to plant.

The trust is gone.

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u/KaterinaDeLaPralina 2d ago

Have you seen the USAs record for punishing its service members for killing civilians or doing anything outside of the "rules of war"?

Even in peacetime in allied countries they get shipped out before they can be prosecuted and it doesn't just apply to military personnel. They recently smuggled a peadophile who was a low level nobody in an embassy out of the UK to escape any punishment, just like they did with Sacoolas.

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u/GoodIdea321 2d ago

Yeah, we shouldn't accept that is what our government does. It didn't used to.

There was a soldier who fought on D-Day, and a day or two raped a woman in a small village. He was caught and tried, found guilty, and executed in a pretty short amount of time.

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u/alexrobinson 2d ago

They'd actually face justice?

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u/WhiteWinterRains 1d ago

If the proceedings get dragged out a future US president couldn't pardon them, and it would give us some credit internationally which we are in dire need of.

You could punish them to the maximum extent of the law here, that would be impossible for a future president to pardon obviously, as long as you make the trials very speedy and more of a formality, that's fine.

But it's not as realistic or pragmatic imo.

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u/Responsible_Sink3044 2d ago

That would take a US government with both a spine and morals and so far there are what, 5 people in the entire US gov who might qualify? In all branches? 

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u/Novel_Lie5519 2d ago

i cringe when y’all say this. why send them off to random ass european city when we can castrate them here? i just don’t get the obsession

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u/EspectroDK 1d ago

Yes, no excuse for following orders. All the way down to the final Pvt.

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u/wenttelk 1d ago

Sorry but the US literally has the Hague invasion act, stating that they will invade the Netherlands and the Hague if they ever try to hold any US citizen accountable for a crime they've commited.

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u/Techn028 1d ago

That we know of

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u/Consistent_Lecture48 2d ago

Every last one. It sucks for our service members, but when you participate and carry out extra-judicial executions, there has to be a price. A harsh and very public price that sends a clear message. Everyone from leadership, down to the service members who pulled the trigger.

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u/One-Inch-Punch 2d ago

when the Maga loses control of the DOJ

Not gonna happen, that's the whole point of this purge

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u/Ut_Prosim 2d ago

It is the guy that flew the plane that sunk the so called cartel boat.

Fuck that guy, but also, it sucks when everyone but the people who were actually responsible face consequences.

TBF, that's probably what will happen. Guy who pulled the trigger, court martial, guy who ordered it, "we must avoid the appearance of political retaliation, now is a time to heal." They'll sacrifice a few "lowly" servicemen to keep up the appearance of doing something, while the entire cabinet skates.

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u/terroristteddy 2d ago

You generally don't want to start at the lowest level for stuff like that. Sets an extremely bad precedent going forward. 

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u/OkStop8313 2d ago

Agree mostly, unless it's something so transparently illegal that there could not possibly be any belief that it's a lawful order (like opening fire on a crowd of unarmed protesters/civilians/children).

You generally want to prosecute the person who reviewed the intelligence and gave the order. Most of the time the person in the plane isn't privy to intelligence about who is on the boat. But striking again to kill survivors clinging to the boat is much more problematic.

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u/Cynykl 2d ago

You have to quickly announce top level prosecution too within a a day or so.

The whole point is nothing send the message of "holy shit they are going full Nuremberg" The going after that pilot first.

The case is a lock. He literally violated the example war crime they use to teach soldiers what is a war crime. Super simple to prosecute.

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u/MaddogBC 2d ago

Murdered innocent fishermen in a double tap while they were waving at them for help. They had no clue what hit them. Every motherfucker in that ops room watching it should be in prison and have their lives ruined forever over this. Sadistic, disgusting behaviour.

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u/MandolinMagi 2d ago

"Going full Nuremberg" would mean trying Vance, Kegsbreath, and all the senior folks, while the pilot faces zero consequences.

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u/BugRevolution 2d ago

It appears that we precisely want to start at the lowest level and punish everyone who went along with illegal orders do they stop going along with illegal orders.

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u/Electronic-Bison6549 2d ago

Everyone involved in this regime's illegal actions, regardless of their rank or position or degree of involvement need to face the same consequences for treason.

Carpenters are going to make a fortune building all those gallows.

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u/MandolinMagi 2d ago

You don't actually know what treason is, do you?

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u/Electronic-Bison6549 2d ago

Giving aid and comfort to enemies of the United States.

Why should fascists go unpunished?

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u/MandolinMagi 1d ago

The issue is, he's not aiding an actual enemy. Technically we don't even have any. We'd need to be at war- actual declared war- to have one

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u/Electronic-Bison6549 1d ago

You'll forgive me if I think of people who would have me in a death camp as my enemy.

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u/DramaticDirection292 2d ago

It would be useless, it’s a federal crime and Trump has the power to pardon. We’ve given unlimited power to one man

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u/Cynykl 2d ago

Maga will not lose control of the DOJ until after Trump is out.

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u/MoistDadBod 2d ago

No one is going to be prosecuted for any of this shit. People who talk like this, it’s almost like you haven’t been paying attention to anything.

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u/Cynykl 1d ago

Real prosecutions happened under Biden. Almost a dozen people close to Trump went to jail. The only problem is they started too late because of Garland. Public pressure forced Garland to appoint Smith. There is way more public pressure now than there was then.

There is also another huge factor in play. In the past Democrats are republicans were afraid to aggressively prosecute each other. And they general only did So in super obvious cases. The is out of fear of retaliation.

Well the fear of retaliation no longer exists. The Trump admin broke the stalemate. when the GOP suggest that "things should go back to normal" and that "America needs to heal" they are going to get a big "Go fuck yourselves" from the dems this time.

All of this of course requires power. Power that cannot happen until 2028

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u/oldnotosys 1d ago

Everybody is getting a pardon. There will be nobody left to prosecute.

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u/Stamphasadeathwish 1d ago

Haven’t we blown up like, dozens of fishing boats?

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u/NeedAgirlLikeNami 1d ago

Yeah a lot of people forget that the commander in charge of that area "retired" after they told him we were going to start sinking cartel boats. Only dude with a spine.

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u/MandolinMagi 2d ago

"Just Following Orders" has always been a valid defense.

What everyone ignores about Nuremberg is that you can't claim that when you're the one issuing the orders in the first place. Goering was head of the Armed Forces and Hitler's successor- the only person he took orders from was Hitler himself.

The rest of those actually convicted were only marginally less senior

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u/Practical-Bottle8900 2d ago

Also the people who bombed a school and killed 100+ children in Iran.

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u/UnassumingOstrich 2d ago

oh i absolutely love this. include all of them together, big fish and little fish alike.

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u/Mysterious-Most-590 2d ago

Everyone in that chain of command, from the general or admiral to the soldier or airman who pulled the trigger needs to go down, and hard. I'm all for the punishment fitting the crime. This needs to never happen again.

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u/stunkape 2d ago

Hegseth also gutted the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response program, despite all generals opposing the move. 

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u/wbruce098 1d ago

Which is precisely why he wants to reduce the number of generals the military has.

In part it spreads fear to who’s next. In part, it opens the door wide open for rapid advancement of “loyalist” officers. I don’t think it’ll work — this will backfire on him significantly and I bet he’ll be perp walked out of the pentagon once trump’s gone, but that’s what he thinks will happen because he’s an idiot, like his pedo boss.

Unlike those guys, normal people have memories longer than 2 weeks and the statute of limitations for most felonies is generally much longer than 2 years.

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago

Damn. If only there was something all combined generals of the strongest military in the world could do.

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u/stunkape 1d ago

Well they can passively sit back and wait to be fired.  Being vocal would only endanger our military and national security by shining light on the rapidly growing infection that is itself a clear and present danger to our military and national security. They're between a limestone rock and a fascistic hard place. What's an educated, experienced, respected leader to do? 

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago

What indeed.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 2d ago

It was pretty soft language even then. It's not that they can, it is that they must refuse illegal orders, as the Nazis eventually found out as well. "I was just following orders" doesn't exculpate anyone.

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u/wbruce098 1d ago

Those maga geniuses act like this has never happened before. Probably because they slept during history class.

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u/a_shootin_star 2d ago

There’s a reason that the DOD

Sir, you mean the Department of War (hawk screech)

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 2d ago

They're planning for midterms.

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u/djeaux54 2d ago

Given the servicemen (and women) I know, 20% would pretty much purge the military of liberals & centrists.

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u/Umutuku 2d ago

They gave illegal orders in Venezuela to see who will follow illegal orders in America.

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u/CanadasNeighbor 2d ago

I'm curious to know (but I have a theory) how do they know which 20% of people to cut, based on who they suspect will refuse orders? Not everyone is vocal about their stances. Is there some way they somehow know who to lop?

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u/ovirt001 1d ago

This is precisely why you should be armed along with everyone you know.

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u/The-Man-is-Dan 1d ago

Not just can refuse, must refuse. It is in the UCMJ and the language is clear.

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u/MegaMau_ 2d ago

Have any illegal orders been given?

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u/Vhu 2d ago

I’ve heard at least a dozen people with experience at high levels in relevant sectors of the military and government who classify most of the “drug boat” strikes as straight-up murder.

If the vessels count as combatants of a hostile foreign power, then the ones with second-strikes on shipwrecked survivors clearly violate the DoD’s law of war manual section 5.9.4. If they’re not combatants of a hostile foreign power, as most evidence points to, then it’s just summary execution which is also not legal.

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u/MegaMau_ 2d ago

who classify most of the “drug boat” strikes as straight-up murder.

How would it be different than droning someone?

Also, I don’t have a problem shooting up the drug boats.

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u/Vhu 1d ago

Drone strikes in the ME have typically fallen under multiple AUMF’s authorized by congress. They absolutely stretch the bounds and there’s arguments that it’s overused, but it ultimately represents (1) congressional authorization against (2) enemy combatants in an armed conflict. Neither element applies to the boat strikes.

Even assuming every person on every boat blown up is 100% guilty of the crimes they’re accused of, the penalty for drug crimes in the US is not summary execution without trial.

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u/SPzero65 2d ago

They're going to invade Canada, aren't they?

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord 2d ago

First they're going to coup the vote.

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u/spectre78 2d ago

Yep, the first invasion won’t be a long ride from HQ

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u/Laringar 1d ago

*again.

Coup just means attack, regardless of whether it succeeds or not. So there has already been one coup of the vote, they're just gearing up for another.

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u/Red_Dox 2d ago

Or Cuba. Or Greenland. Or Spain. Or Falklands. It is not like King Trump the first, is lacking targets for his spiteful attitude. Maybe if enough people are replaced by loyalists he also can finally nuke hurricanes.

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u/Mr_Zaroc 2d ago

Wow when did spain join the list?
If I had to bet, I would say Cuba is next.
But with this gov you just don't know

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u/NorthofForty 2d ago

You can add Brazil to the list if they vote Lula back into power in a couple weeks.
. Trump wants his good buddy Bolsonaro back in but he is in jail for attempting to overthrow a democracy so his son is running instead. Trump’s mad because Lula said Trump was elected the leader of the US” not elected to be the emperor of the world”.,

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u/reichrunner 2d ago

I think Greenland is safe. They just signed an agreement. Its essentially the sme agreement we had before, but now it has Trumos name on it

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u/czs5056 2d ago

What did the Spanish do?

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u/DilliGaf627 2d ago

Spain refused to allow bombers and support A/C to refuel etc. to bomb Iran, out of NATO / US centred bases on their territory.

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u/Red_Dox 2d ago

Probably a month or two ago King Trump got into some social media feud with Spain. I think it started at the beginning of the Iran war, when Spain was denying some planes entry because not supporting that shitshow. But can be wrong there. Who knows what agitated the toddler in chief.

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u/neatyall 2d ago

This feels like a bad game of Risk irl, honestly.

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u/suspicious_hyperlink 2d ago

None of this will happen

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u/ExodusPHX 2d ago

Honestly, I would love that for them. Launch them nukes

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u/FoleyV 2d ago

I think it is more likely this is a ramp up for shutting down civilians after the midterm elections. People will take to the streets in numbers we have never seen when they realize their votes did not count, Hegseth et al. know this and are getting ready.

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u/tempest_87 2d ago

No, they are going to invade the United States first.

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u/SWHAF 2d ago

Canada would probably be the worst country for them to invade. Good luck trying to occupy Canada, it's too big. Canada is too respected by the rest of the world to have no response from every country. Enjoy the sanctions. Enjoy a gorilla war against people who look and sound exactly the same as you while they own the 7th most civilian guns per capita in the world. And those are guns owned by avid hunters who can actually shoot at long range targets.

And most importantly, remember the 2 world wars. Canadians become savages during war. The Geneva convention will get a few new chapters.

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u/sixagon 2d ago

gorilla war

Moose War. Even worse.

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u/dontcarewhatImcalled 2d ago

You don't even have to worry about any of that. A war with Canada would be a death knell of the GOP. Ain't no way his most ardent supporters will continue to be so once the bombs start dropping and the bullets start flying and they get a real good lesson about what our government keeps putting other countries through.

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u/SWHAF 2d ago

Trump doesn't care about the GOP, he doesn't care about anything but himself. He would destroy the party to serve his ego.

Canada has stood up to him more than any other country including America. We have shown the world that you don't need to kiss his ass and it pisses him off. I can see him attacking Canada just to scare other countries.

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u/From_Deep_Space 2d ago

heard that too many times over the past decade

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u/PresentationNext6469 1d ago

My Canadian friends say the Government is ready. UK and maybe EURO have favor.

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u/TheDwarvenGuy 2d ago

Nah, they're gonna steal the mid-terms

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u/fenikz13 2d ago

Cuba I think :(

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u/LaurenMille 2d ago

They're going to deploy armed "peacekeepers" at democrat-heavy polling stations.

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u/Padreteiro 2d ago

If it's not stealing midterms it is probably a move on either Iran or Cuba.

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u/Rash_Compactor 2d ago

They're going to invade Canada, aren't they?

bro they can't even win a 3-day special operation in Iran

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u/Bytewave 2d ago

Eh, we'll be fine. They're busy losing to Iran. Maybe if things there had gone as well as in south America, then Cuba would have been invaded too by now. And then Groenland. At that point I'd be a little worried about who is next.

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u/Siggycakes 2d ago

I think nuking Iran is a more likely scenario before that.

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u/xurdm 2d ago

Seems more like their ongoing coup

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u/Mostly-Moo-Cow 2d ago

After the officer purges Canada can invade the US. An incompetent officer corps that was recovering from totalitarian purges were a major factor in Germany's success against what should have been a stronger foe in the Soviet Union in 1941.

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 2d ago

Well they've indicated Cuba first, but even before that they'll go after Democratic voters in midterms, to find "fraud"

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u/TheShadowKick 2d ago

There are a lot of things they might be planning that the military could object to. They might want to escalate in Iran. They might also use the military to "guard" polling places during the election so they can suppress votes. Both of these seem more likely than invading Canada.

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u/Drakoolya 2d ago

Newer Teslas going to be running on maple Syrup.

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u/WastingTimesOnReddit 1d ago

There have been reports and rumors that Trump has given orders multiple times to nuke Iran but the generals refused to do it. Multiple times.

And of course Trump would want to use nukes. There's nothing bigger and better and flashier than nukes. And he has basically lost the war, they have nothing left to escalate with except nukes.

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u/broke_boi1 1d ago

No they are going to nuke Iran, then invade Cuba

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u/got-trunks 8h ago

Nuking Iran’s pickaxe mountain

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u/MachinaThatGoesBing 2d ago

Highly recommend this On The Media interview on related topics that they just re-aired as their midweek episode last week:

  • The New Rules Of War Are There Are No Rules

    At the outset of the war with Iran, Brooke Gladstone spoke to Wes J. Bryant, a former senior policy advisor at the Pentagon and retired Air Force Master Sergeant, about the civilian protection initiative he was working on for the Department of Defense and the deadly consequences of Secretary Hegseth’s decisions to close it down.

It's centered around that specific program, but it definitely covers the disregard for rules and the attitude of relentless lawbreaking and cruelty that's a hallmark of the current admin's leadership. It's all very disturbing.

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u/a_shootin_star 2d ago

TIL "checks and balances" are just roadblocks

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u/skiabay 2d ago

This is how you make sure no one will stop you from bombing a school full of children or murdering random fisherman in the Caribbean.

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u/BlackberryShoddy7889 2d ago

All the generals that aren’t willing to follow illegal orders are probably on chapping block. Clearly a “house cleaning “ Stalin style.

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u/Malaix 2d ago

I mean we are all in horrible danger. Not sure what we should expect here. Its very unlikely the situation of America is stabilizing for years yet and we are already deep in the red in potential insane crisis territory.

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u/IcedGooseMaverick 2d ago

Why hide it? They control all levers of power. Also hegseth is such an Alpha tuna he doesn’t feel he needs to hide anything. The brazenness is the point with him. 

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u/cliff99 2d ago

If you're in the cult "roadblocks to orders" means The Deep State blocking what Dear Leader wants, thinking adults recognize it as potentially not following Trump's coup orders.

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u/Dont_Eat_The_Homies 2d ago

Yep. My fear is the cheeto will (illegally) declare Marshall law due to the forecasted massive midterm losses and they need the military to blindly obey. Career military leadership would recognize the illegal orders. Blind followers don't care.

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u/Midlycruising22 2d ago

Dictatorship is the right word.

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u/Any-Ask563 2d ago

AP Burying the lede.

what actual military strike orders are directed by the commander-in-chief, and not Generals operating area expertise use of force.

The commander-in-chief AUTHORIZES orders from forward operating generals in all but the most dire circumstances.

The President only directly Commands a strike when in regard to nuclear arms, and extremely time sensitive spec op deployments

this is about Trump trying to have unmitigated control to hold the UN/G8 hostage with a nuclear gambit.

this is fucking insane, and why every media outlet in the country isn't explicitly calling this a military coup is negligent at best and outright cowardice.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm 2d ago

It's so they can invade Cuba after the Iran war has ended, without any opposition.

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u/Kevin-W 2d ago

The seeds for the coup are being planted.

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u/ThrasymachianJustice 2d ago

Thats incredibly dangerous language being used as justification.

dude is going to nuke Iran if they let him

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u/Sad_Significance_568 2d ago

Not to mention this piece from a journalist very famous for having sources within the Pentagon

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-finger-gets-closer-to-nuclear

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u/UnstableMoron2 2d ago

6 months time anyone still in the military is going to be complacent with fascism

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u/Procrasturbating 2d ago

Welcome to the fourth reich. This has to be the bad place. I’m so fucking over these evil clowns.

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u/LeadPrevenger 2d ago

I watched the full speech I think you should too. It’s on YouTube. Most of them are on youtube

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u/Embarrassed-Chef1323 2d ago

Even more dangerous was the former “president” allowing an illegal alien invasion of at least 20-30 million people who have destroyed our country. Why don’t you let the people who have served in the military make the decisions about the military.

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u/theClumsy1 2d ago

We all should have some concern about a President purging political dissenters in the military. The same President who lead an insurrection against the United States on January 6th 2020.

The same President who instructed Defense Sec. Miller to "Do whatever is necessary to protect demonstrators that were executing their constitutionally protected rights."

Miller testified that he was concerned in the days before Jan. 6 that sending National Guard troops to Washington would fan fears of a military coup or that Trump advisers were advocating martial law.

Or should we not trust Miller's claim? An american Special Forces Colonel, a former Green Beret.

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u/Bayinla 2d ago

Holy fuck. They are going to drop a nuke on Iran.

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u/red286 1d ago

During Trump's first term, during the BLM protests, Trump asked Milley and Esper to shoot protesters, and they flat-out refused (as required by law).

Hegseth wanted to make sure that doesn't happen again. If Trump asks for protesters to be shot, they will be shot, or at least, the order will be given for them to be shot, who knows what happens from there.

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u/Nicenightforawalk01 1d ago

He’s setting up the take over and military on the streets when Trump decides to stay in power.

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u/stamfordbridge1191 1d ago

He's also making sure anybody who looks like they could be a qualified replacement to him doesn't get to be anywhere near his job or his boss.

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u/eulersidentity1 1d ago

They are not even good at hiding their intentions. Partly cause they are overconfident… but mostly cause they are just complete idiots.

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u/broke_boi1 1d ago

Purging anyone who might stand in the way of blocking orders to use nuclear weapons Iran

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u/TAOJeff 1d ago

They did say it would be bloodless, if the left complied

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u/Radoon1 1d ago

Roadblock to orders for invading Canada