From Krugmans email.

[Old Crank]

Last edited Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:33 PM - Edit history (1)

A quote that speaks volumes about the top 2 of our military leadership.

From Phillip P Obrien

If you listened closely to Hegseth and Trump, they were basically saying the US military should be more like the Russian military -- unaccountable for its actions, using lethality instead of intelligence, and where training can be used to abuse recruits. And if they do that, I can guarantee you it will be as effective as the Russian military.


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[lindysalsagal]

1. Sorry. Doesn't work.

[Indykatie]

2. It's a Quote. Why not tell us WHAT it is?

[Old Crank]

5. Initially I tried copy and paste.

No luck,
So I copied the link but only part was available unless you highlighted the whole thing.
Now I have copied the whole thing by going between two pages.

Couldn't find it on his Suubstack because it is from his email copied from Krugmans.

I'm finding it harder and harder to c/p things these days.

[obamanut2012]

3. Please c/p the quote

[Old Crank]

4. Would have loved to

Done that. But whatever I did it wouldn't copy and of paste to DU.

[Buzz cook]

6. Some sites don't allow copy

But there's an app for that.
Happy Right Click is the one I use.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/%E5%BF%AB%E4%B9%90%E5%8F%B3%E9%94%AE/
Pretty sure they have similar for your browser of choice.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. "We thought Russia had the 2nd most capable army in the world ... now ..."

"... they don't even have the second most capable army in Ukraine."

(At the time, the Wagner was ready to march on Moscow.)