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In reply to the discussion: The SILENCE of the Generals [View all]Ocelot II
(131,715 posts)38. While it's true that a group of military officers won't be cheering and applauding a speech
by any CinC, I very much doubt that "the majority of the men in that room support Trump's fascist agenda." They are career military people, and the ethos of the US military does not comport with a fascist agenda. Many military people - but definitely not all - tend to be politically conservative in the traditional sense, but Trump isn't a traditional conservative - and I can't imagine that any of them support his idea that military personnel could be used to fight what Trump considers to be crime in American cities against American people.
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Add the Silence of the Generals to the squeaky tank at the failed birthday parade and what you got?
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2025
#1
That's the only part of the speech that mattered. The General's reaction. How many times did Trump evade Viet Nam?
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2025
#2
Speaking of Military Correction, why hasn't the Russian Military corrected Putin?
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2025
#5
Watched it again, recently. I see a lotta Trump sycophants that are like Stalin's handmaidens.
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2025
#9
I can only imagine what the Black and female officers must have been thinking
Ocelot II
Oct 2025
#37
The idiot was right about something the other day: Smart people don't like him.
Dave Bowman
Oct 2025
#13
Where is the military's contempt for Trump's illegal orders to blow up small Venezuelan boats and kill dozens,
sop
Oct 2025
#32
While it's true that a group of military officers won't be cheering and applauding a speech
Ocelot II
Oct 2025
#38
It wasn't "The Sound of Silence." It was, in part, "Run Silent, Run Deep." (The Air Force would have something
Tetrachloride
Oct 2025
#28
Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses, evil minds that plot destruction.
cayugafalls
Oct 2025
#40
You can tell they weren't impressed, but I'm not sure it matters all that much.
D23MIURG23
Oct 2025
#41