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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 2:24 AM2 repliesview on HN

> this is a strong arm by the governemnt to allow any use

It’s a flippant move by Hegseth. I doubt anyone at the Pentagon is pushing for this. I doubt Trump is more than cursorily aware. Maybe Miller got in the idiot’s ear, who knows.


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cmrdporcupinetoday at 2:37 AM

It definitely has the aroma of either Bannon or Miller or both.

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xpetoday at 2:53 AM

> It’s a flippant move by Hegseth.

Care to convert this into a prediction?: are you predicting Hegseth will back down?

> I doubt anyone at the Pentagon is pushing for this.

... what does this mean to you? What comes next? As SecDef/SecWar, Hegseth is the head of the Pentagon. He's pushing for this. Something like 2+ million people are under his authority. Do you think they will push back? Stonewall?

One can view Hegseth as unqualified, even a walking publicity stunt while also taking his power seriously.

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