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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,473 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:45 AM 4 hrs ago

Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech

Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech

https://dailyboulder.com/top-air-force-general-quits-following-hegseths-partisan-quantico-speech/

Just hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery, politically charged speech at Quantico, one of the Air Force’s most powerful commanders—Gen. Thomas Bussiere—called it quits.

“After much reflection and with a full heart, Barb and I have made a difficult decision to request retirement from the United States Air Force for personal and family reasons,” Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, announced Tuesday in a Facebook post.

The timing, however, has raised eyebrows across the Pentagon.

While Bussiere didn’t reference the gathering directly, his retirement came immediately on the heels of Hegseth’s closed-door meeting with top brass in Virginia—a meeting that’s already making waves inside military circles.


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Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago OP
exactly what trump wants - self purging so he doesnt have to look bad nt msongs 4 hrs ago #1
Most of the U.S.'s Top Military Brass Are Angry-A Huge Backlash is Coming MrWowWow 3 hrs ago #2
Couldn't lose those last five pounds... lame54 3 hrs ago #3
It was a Vanity speech for Cha 2 hrs ago #4
Bussiere 2028 Wanderlust988 2 hrs ago #5
Was the guy doing the facepalm Bussierre? SunSeeker 1 hr ago #6
Nope, wrong uniform. Gen facepalm is army. Angleae 12 min ago #7

MrWowWow

(1,417 posts)
2. Most of the U.S.'s Top Military Brass Are Angry-A Huge Backlash is Coming
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:49 AM
3 hrs ago

That is my read of this at the moment.

Cha

(314,710 posts)
4. It was a Vanity speech for
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:15 AM
2 hrs ago

the Demented Dictator.

He called them from All Over the World to make them listen to how "perfect" he is and how Imperfect they are.. and how "Bad" Presidents Obama & Biden were.

They're all in Excellent company.

I wonder if any in the Captive audience Miss Biden and Obama now?

Angleae

(4,760 posts)
7. Nope, wrong uniform. Gen facepalm is army.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:53 AM
12 min ago

But, who's the smiling asshole in the back row?

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