It was not the piece I had been intending to write next, but I saw this and about had a fit. I believe you need to know this. It’s another “he did WHAT?!” action and is on a level with the pending war crimes that just might be considered. He does very well at opening his mouth and letting the demons out. I am completely serious. With gratitude to Raw Story:
Critics on social media sounded the alarm after comments from Pete Hegseth in a preview of an upcoming “60 Minutes” interview began circulating online Friday. In the clip, Hegseth was asked about reports that Russia is assisting Iran in targeting Americans and whether that would place U.S. personnel in greater danger. “No one’s putting us in danger,” Hegseth replied in the interview, set to air Sunday. “We’re putting the other guys in danger. That’s our job. So we’re not concerned about that.”
What in the hail does *that* mean? We’re in a war, but we’re not in danger? If you’re in a war, people shoot things and drop things on you! What about the people manning the big guns? What about the ships that could be sunk or the blood that will be spilled if we go to a goddamn “boots on the ground,” which at this point seems *entirely* too possible? It‘s a good bet that at least part of America will be furious. I’m already furious. And I thank heaven that my brother and our very own writer, Denis, are out of the Marine Corps now. Dyamnnnnnnn.
He then added a line that quickly drew criticism online. “The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they’re going to live,” Hegseth said. //// The comment prompted backlash from political commentators and policy analysts. //// Writer and commentator Adam Schwarz called the remark “a grotesquely indiscriminate threat against the entire Iranian population.”
“Hegseth’s statements are increasingly reminding me of comments by Israeli government leaders in the early stages [of] the Gaza War – comments that are now being reviewed by the International Court of Justice,” he added on X. //// Other critics launched harsher jabs. //// Stan Oklobdzija, associate professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside, wrote on Bluesky: “It’s ok to hate the people who voted for this.”
Genocide, anyone? Because that’s what he’s saying. I screamingly hate genocide, no matter when or where it happens (or happened). What is WRONG with these people? Does someone always want what someone else has? I can scream into the void all I want, but it won’t make a difference. Yes, I‘m nearly incoherent with rage. Moving on.
Journalist Laura Jedeed also mocked the remark, telling her Bluesky followers that Hegseth was targeting “Not ‘terrorists,’ not ‘radicals,’ not even ‘Islamists.’ ‘Iranians.’ In case anyone was confused about who the enemy is.” She added that the statement came from “Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy.” //// “Take that, Iranian kids,” Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta posted on X. “He’s coming after your schools next.”
MS NOW host Chris Hayes told his Bluesky followers, “Worth watching the whole clip, but purely in propaganda terms it seems to me, admittedly just an amateur observer when it comes to war fighting, that it may be useful to send the message to the 91+ million Iranian civilians that we are not trying to kill them.” //// Journalist Justin Baragona was even more blunt. “We live in a world where the binge-drinking Fox News weekend host who didn’t wash his hands for a decade is openly boasting about committing genocide,” he wrote on Bluesky.
Yet another reason to say Petey Boy is completely unqualified for his position. He doesn’t know the effects of what he blurts out. He’s callous and uncaring. I know I shouldn’t waste the energy being angry, but I am anyhow. Does Trump not see what he’s doing? Petey Boy is making himself look very bad with this war, getting worse day by day. Trump should pay attention. He just punted Krispi Gnome out, Bondi has a closed-door hearing coming up, and Petey Boy needs to be kicked to the curb. And has anyone noticed Tulsi has gone quiet again after the FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia? That’s something to watch. She’s head of DNI. So what is going on over there? Inquiring minds want to know.
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His mouth must have a terrible infection from kissing 47’s as* so much. Just saying.
OMG *falls over laughing* indeed!!!!!