Wow. I don’t know if everyone understands how unbelievably fucked up that is. A person overboard is usually considered an all hands on deck, high priority search and rescue operation because of how hard it is to spot the person and how finding that person a few minutes earlier can make the difference between rescuing a person and recovering a corpse. She downright sacrificed a Coast Guardsmen’s life for something that could have waited. This is beyond incompetent priority management and I can guarantee that most Coast Guard members hate her guts for it now.
People always go on about how the armed forces hate Trump. If that’s the case, how come they never balk at carrying out all those blatantly illegal orders?
Nah, back when I was Chair Force 20 years ago we were fed a constant stream of FOXNews in the common areas. I don’t imagine that’s changed at all, so the rank and file should probably be considered to be about the same as the boomers politically. The hope was that the officer corps would resent his draft dodging stolen valor ass, but even that would have only lasted until the Pentagon got purged.
The air force in particular had a pretty strong evangelical bent even back then. Can’t imagine it’s improved any.
Gotta put the evangelials in charge of the weapons of armageddon.
People always go on about how the armed forces hate Trump.
They do?
My impression has always been that some of the military hates him, but it’s a very small handful.
I’ve been out long enough to not have a sense of the current vibe. I’m just pointing out that there’s a solution if they’re really that pissed.
I’m not denying that. In saying they’re not anywhere near as pissed as people make it out to be. It seems like a lot of people in the US armed forces are on board with the fascist takeover of their country.
Seems like you don’t understand how military training is. Boot camps purpose is to beat the critical thinking and individuality out of you. Officer school is all about how to control peons.
The system works as designed.
How does that contradict my point?
Malice, not incompetence.
I really think it is incompetence though.
She touted her killing her dog as proof that she has the grit to make tough decisions in the past. She seems to equate the ability to make tough decisions with making decisions with horrible consequences because she has no understanding of true priority management. I bet she really thought she was being a “tough decision maker” when she decided to sacrifice the chance of rescue of that poor member who fell into the ocean just so her deportation flight remained on schedule. But really, it is just an absolutely shit incompetent decision.
I cannot even tell if this is real or not
She definitely said that right before orcing all over the place
A DHS spokesperson insisted “the C-130 never left the search” and claimed there’s no proof it was diverted away from those efforts, but two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official and a former Coast Guard official told NBC News that the incident showed the culture clash between the agency and the only military branch Noem oversees.
The way they just lie, like it’s the most natural thing in the world to them. Always implying that no one should question it. That’s fascism.
While I understand the hopelessness of trying to find a single person lost in the ocean. This is fucking stupid as hell and she should be thrown into the ocean and the search abandoned immediately after.
You will have no shortage of volunteers to toss her over the rail
So much for the “No Man Left Behind” principle that gets drummed into every US recruit in every branch since at least the 19th century. The Marines especially are known for it. No man left behind.
The US military ethos is built on a handful of seemingly inviolable principles, and she just went and violated perhaps the most sacred of them all. This is incredibly, unbelievably, fucked up beyond imagination.
It’s been pretty obvious for a while that life has zero value to them (MAGAs). Immigrants, civilians, veterans, troop lives have no value. They only protect and care about pedophiles.
“The primary mission was search-and-rescue,” the former Coast Guard official said, "and now the number one stated mission of the Coast Guard is border security, that is a cultural change that the culture hasn’t quite caught up to.”
You know goddamn well which mission was the most important one, you dumbass. “The culture” expects you to prioritize human life over performative political bullshit.
Next time put a warning if you’re gonna show a close-up of that face
If you told me it’s a wax representation of a human, but done be a trainee rather than a professional I’d believe you.
She probably cackled with delight at the chance to ensure the death of another human
Man, this photo sure looks like some weird ai shit… or the burn victim filter?
Anyone working on a boat should keep in mind that this will happen to them too, and think about how their families would feel hearing news like this.
Coast guardsmen are under DHS and may currently be unpaid for their apparently-expendable work.
If that isn’t treason…
Why listen to orders from this dog-killing and now person-killing empty husk of what somewhat resembles a human from the outside. Fraggin’ time.
Can’t wait to see her in federal prison or worse. A puppy killer deserves nothing in life except pain and suffering, but then they gave her control over DHS so she could murder humans instead of puppies.
