U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
Besides my initial impression that “this is all illegal,” practically a given with any article about the executive branch these days, what I was most struck by was the fact that it wasn’t one step above “let’s bomb yemen lol XD.”
Hegseth was the only one who sounded like an edge lord with the “loathing” and “PATHETIC” comments.
Here’s what Hegseth said about actual journalist and editor-in-chief of the highly-regarded The Atlantic:
Hegseth also called Goldberg “a deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.”
Besides my initial impression that “this is all illegal,” practically a given with any article about the executive branch these days, what I was most struck by was the fact that it wasn’t one step above “let’s bomb yemen lol XD.”
Hegseth was the only one who sounded like an edge lord with the “loathing” and “PATHETIC” comments.
Here’s the sequel, by the way: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5211867-hegseth-says-nobody-was-texting-war-plans-after-group-chat-breach/
Here’s what Hegseth said about actual journalist and editor-in-chief of the highly-regarded The Atlantic: