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Trump can have one more felony, as a treat

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Everyone posting quotes from the trump side, so here’s what the Army said:

“This incident was unfortunate, and it is also unfortunate that the ANC employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked. ANC is a national shrine to the honored dead of the Armed Forces, and its dedicated staff will continue to ensure public ceremonies are conducted with the dignity and respect the nation’s fallen deserve,” the statement said.

So the Army sided with the people at the cemetery, and tge following paragraphs indicate the Pentagon does as well.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Barely... They don't even condemn the people who did it. They say it was "unfortunate." Give me a fucking break.

Imagine if this was a Democrat.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The US military is very apolitical. They don't get involved with campaigns or politics. I think it may actually be illegal for an active serviceman to make statements with any political leanings. Certainly in uniform I think.

So for them to say this much is actually a big deal.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Agreed. It even says in the article that the army stays out of politics and such a statement was a very rare occurrence. So we can infer the fact that they made a statement at all carries quite a bit of weight.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's see how "apolitical" works when fascists are running the country.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Actually, surprisingly not badly. US generals like Milley took precautions to prevent Trump from doing even more disastrous things. Military leadership is generally respectable.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

And yet they continued to voluntarily work directly with a fascist administration.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

their campaign would have ended and you'd still be hearing about it in 2028