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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey Confirmed Him Anyway -- Digby
https://digbysblog.net/2025/11/30/they-confirmed-him-anyway/
From Pete Hegseths book which every Senator had access to when Trump nominated him. They knew what he was and they knew that Trump was a sociopathic moron. I imagine they thought the generals would be a guardrail but they arent. (Those who might have been willing to do it have been fired.)
This is the simple-minded, delayed adolescent we have in charge of the U.S. military because all of those Republicans betrayed America.
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They Confirmed Him Anyway -- Digby (Original Post)
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LetMyPeopleVote
(173,407 posts)1. Hegseth told us that he is a war criminal
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,407 posts)2. Hegseth is a war criminal/mass murderer

maxrandb
(17,063 posts)3. I fucking guarantee you that Kegsbresth never even saw a shot fired in anger
I have personally seen guys like him break down and cry if the Mess Decks Ice Cream was secured for cleaning, or if the Ship's Store ran out of Doritos.
He was safe and secure in Kabul, surrounded by a security perimeter that would make Fort Knox blush.
"You know he ain't never been in the shit, because he doesn't have the stare"