"I confess, I did not know who Pete Hegseth was until about 20 minutes ago," Smith told reporters.
"He does not seem to have much of a detailed background in [Department of Defense] policy. To the extent he’s worked on any of that stuff, it has been on veterans policy, not on DoD issues. So the lack of experience is concerning," Smith said.
“Now I have not heard what his plans are, so we will see what his plans are,” he added. “But it was surprising and is concerning, just given that lack of experience. You know, the Pentagon, biggest bureaucracy in the world. It’s a hard thing to run, so I think it’s going to be a challenge."
In the words of Wash: Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die.
Ich mein, ich find's grundsätzlich auch schwerer lesbar. Aber ich hab im Leben bestimmt schon ein halbes Dutzend mal mein Tastaturlayout geändert, also trau ich meinem Hirn zu, das auf lange Sicht auch noch hinzubekommen.
CNN feigns ignorance of the Overton window. They give a platform to viewpoints that are specificallydesigned to stir controversy, and in the process, they move the window to the right, bit by bit, all in the service of the almighty dollar.
So I watched the raw video. Him trying to make smalltalk with the staff only to be rewarded with deafening silence every time he veered into anything political... That was music to my ears. Same with the denigrations against the press and Kamala.
On the other hand, the words 'crowd size' and 'never touched by human hand' have lost all meaning to me now.
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ISW says that this is just for limited strikes into Kursk. It's not a full carte blanche.