We all remember Signal-gate earlier this year. Well, it’s no surprise that this week a Pentagon report concluded that Secretary of Defense (or War, as he likes to say) Hegseth had risked endangering American troops by using the app, which was of course unsecured, to discuss the U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.
Now, I understand why the Pentagon had to put together a report. But it was plainly obvious. OF COURSE this could easily have put the mission and our pilots at risk. Can you imagine if the Houthis had intercepted it and shot down our planes? How would Hegseth have spun that one?
And, of course, the Washington Post reported that Hegseth ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in order to kill the two surviving men on board. Hegseth says he didn’t make the call. I don’t believe him.
The men and women of the armed forces deserve better.
The only way we can hold the administration accountable is to take back the House so that Democrats can hold hearings even when the issue in question isn’t as egregious as a war crime.
Thanks,
Al
P.S. I can’t not mention Trump’s comments about Somalis. Trump and his remarks are disgusting. For him to leverage the actions of a few to push his racist agenda with such vulgarity is deplorable. Midwest Values PAC supports candidates who will stand up to a president who has shown himself over and over again to be a racist.
