I’d really like to know what illegal order he wouldn’t follow that got up whiskey Pete’s nose. Maybe it will all come out at the trials that will eventually have to happen.
Maybe it will all come out at the trials that will eventually have to happen.
Christ I wish I had your optimism.
I’m honestly more interested to meet a service member that says “no, thats an illegal order, fuck you” instead of gracefully resigning and minimizing the problem, while clearing the way for a sycophant to step in.
Never discount the possibility that hegseth is just trying to scapegoat him instead too.
I may be misunderstanding the situation but apparently George and another general were trying to promote a list of people, 2 were black and 2 were women. Hegseth blocked their promotions and demanded those 4 be removed from the promotion list. George said no because of their exemplary service and excellence or something like that so Hegseth fired him.
This is what the New York Times sources reported, yes.
Short excerpt of the paywalled article:
Two of the officers targeted by Mr. Hegseth are Black and two are women on a promotion list that consisted of 29 other officers, most of whom are white men. Mr. Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove the officers prompted some senior military officials to question whether they were being singled out because of their race or gender, officials said.
Mr. Hegseth had been pressing Mr. Driscoll and General George for months to remove the officers from the promotion list. But Mr. Driscoll and General George refused, citing the officers’ long records of exemplary service.
Two weeks ago, General George asked Mr. Hegseth to meet with him to discuss the removal of the four officers from the one-star list, as well as the general’s view that Mr. Hegseth was interfering unnecessarily in Army personnel decisions overall, the officials said. Mr. Hegseth refused to meet with General George about the matter, they said.
“Look, I know what you’re asking me to do, but Im not going to commit fucking war crimes just because your boss has an addiction to raping literal children!”
“OUT! OUT RIGHT NOW!!”
Cleaning house just before the illegal orders start flying off of trumps desk.
Before? They’ve been flying for quite a while now.
One less person saying “no” to a land invasion of Iran :(
Or one less person who indicated that he wouldn’t open fire on US citizens.
How dare you suspend helicopter pilots saying hello to that old lady in Nashville!
Randy George is kind of an upgrade from curious George.
Update Reportedly he refused to remove 2 black men and 2 women from a list of people to promote to 1-star general, that’s why Hegseth fired him
There were two more removed at the same time.
The AFP news agency reported that an official confirmed that Gen David Hodne and Maj Gen William Green Jr were also removed alongside George. Hodne led the army’s transformation and training command while Green was in charge of the army’s chaplain corps.
