Dakota Meyer
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And that is what I care about right now, is that somebody goes up there and look, none of us, none of us have a clean record that, you know, on our worst times, none of us would want to trade Pete's seat and sit up there with all these people trying to go and find the skeletons in our closet. I can tell you, nobody watching this, nobody watching that confirmation hearing today
And that is what I care about right now, is that somebody goes up there and look, none of us, none of us have a clean record that, you know, on our worst times, none of us would want to trade Pete's seat and sit up there with all these people trying to go and find the skeletons in our closet. I can tell you, nobody watching this, nobody watching that confirmation hearing today
would have traded seats with Pete if anybody would have knew about a tenth of what people have been going and digging on him for the last couple months, right? So I just think that this hypocrisy of all of us sitting back and throwing rocks at the man in the arena right now...
would have traded seats with Pete if anybody would have knew about a tenth of what people have been going and digging on him for the last couple months, right? So I just think that this hypocrisy of all of us sitting back and throwing rocks at the man in the arena right now...
would have traded seats with Pete if anybody would have knew about a tenth of what people have been going and digging on him for the last couple months, right? So I just think that this hypocrisy of all of us sitting back and throwing rocks at the man in the arena right now...
is something that that is is not helpful nor is it you know we all should sit back here and we should hope that and get behind pete and we should try to to sit here and hope that he goes and that he can handle this job and if he can't then we'll see pretty quick but none of this is on any of us to figure out it's on pete hedgeseth now and i trust that all of us should come around him and we should sit here and help him become successful because if pete's successful
is something that that is is not helpful nor is it you know we all should sit back here and we should hope that and get behind pete and we should try to to sit here and hope that he goes and that he can handle this job and if he can't then we'll see pretty quick but none of this is on any of us to figure out it's on pete hedgeseth now and i trust that all of us should come around him and we should sit here and help him become successful because if pete's successful
is something that that is is not helpful nor is it you know we all should sit back here and we should hope that and get behind pete and we should try to to sit here and hope that he goes and that he can handle this job and if he can't then we'll see pretty quick but none of this is on any of us to figure out it's on pete hedgeseth now and i trust that all of us should come around him and we should sit here and help him become successful because if pete's successful
The president's successful. The United States of America is successful. And not only that, the globe is successful. So I think that that is the point that we've all got to rally around right now.
The president's successful. The United States of America is successful. And not only that, the globe is successful. So I think that that is the point that we've all got to rally around right now.
The president's successful. The United States of America is successful. And not only that, the globe is successful. So I think that that is the point that we've all got to rally around right now.
And I would like to add on that. You look at my instance, right? We do have an officer problem. We've got a lot of great officers. We have a lot of great officers. I want to say it up front. There are some generals that are by far some of the best human beings that I know that wear the stars on their chest. But what I also want to say is we've got a lot of bad ones too.
And I would like to add on that. You look at my instance, right? We do have an officer problem. We've got a lot of great officers. We have a lot of great officers. I want to say it up front. There are some generals that are by far some of the best human beings that I know that wear the stars on their chest. But what I also want to say is we've got a lot of bad ones too.
And I would like to add on that. You look at my instance, right? We do have an officer problem. We've got a lot of great officers. We have a lot of great officers. I want to say it up front. There are some generals that are by far some of the best human beings that I know that wear the stars on their chest. But what I also want to say is we've got a lot of bad ones too.
And you look at my instance. You take Afghanistan, my situation, where we've got two investigations, direct loss of life due to leadership. These officers got, they got letters of reprimand. They got promoted. Then they got out and retired. And then as this other general got out, he ripped up those letters of reprimand and nobody was held accountable. Now, let me tell you this.
And you look at my instance. You take Afghanistan, my situation, where we've got two investigations, direct loss of life due to leadership. These officers got, they got letters of reprimand. They got promoted. Then they got out and retired. And then as this other general got out, he ripped up those letters of reprimand and nobody was held accountable. Now, let me tell you this.
And you look at my instance. You take Afghanistan, my situation, where we've got two investigations, direct loss of life due to leadership. These officers got, they got letters of reprimand. They got promoted. Then they got out and retired. And then as this other general got out, he ripped up those letters of reprimand and nobody was held accountable. Now, let me tell you this.
If I had made the decision and got somebody killed or done the same thing that they had done, I would have been hammered. Anybody enlisted would have made or planned that mission that they could have pinned it on. the enlisted would have been hammered. And so like seeing Pete come in and hopefully recognize that and fixing it.
If I had made the decision and got somebody killed or done the same thing that they had done, I would have been hammered. Anybody enlisted would have made or planned that mission that they could have pinned it on. the enlisted would have been hammered. And so like seeing Pete come in and hopefully recognize that and fixing it.
If I had made the decision and got somebody killed or done the same thing that they had done, I would have been hammered. Anybody enlisted would have made or planned that mission that they could have pinned it on. the enlisted would have been hammered. And so like seeing Pete come in and hopefully recognize that and fixing it.