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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,475 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:45 AM 14 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 14 hrs ago OP
exactly what trump wants - self purging so he doesnt have to look bad nt msongs 14 hrs ago #1
Yup, this is not good. GoCubsGo 8 hrs ago #9
Most of the U.S.'s Top Military Brass Are Angry-A Huge Backlash is Coming MrWowWow 13 hrs ago #2
Couldn't lose those last five pounds... lame54 13 hrs ago #3
It was a Vanity speech for Cha 13 hrs ago #4
Bussiere 2028 Wanderlust988 13 hrs ago #5
Was the guy doing the facepalm Bussierre? SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #6
Nope, wrong uniform. Gen facepalm is army. Angleae 10 hrs ago #7
The picture is not clear enough to prove he's smiling Renew Deal 8 hrs ago #8
Probably some Christian fundamentalist from the Air Force Academy. Hassin Bin Sober 4 hrs ago #11
Next, KRASNOV screws around with his pension. UTUSN 6 hrs ago #10
First I am hearing of a 'Closed door meeting' with the brass. Prairie_Seagull 3 hrs ago #12

GoCubsGo

(34,405 posts)
9. Yup, this is not good.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:30 AM
8 hrs ago

He'll be replaced by a Trump psychophant, no doubt. They're doing to the military what they're doing to the rest of the government.

MrWowWow

(1,422 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
13 hrs ago

That is my read of this at the moment.

Cha

(314,718 posts)
4. It was a Vanity speech for
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:15 AM
13 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
10 hrs ago

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

Renew Deal

(84,514 posts)
8. The picture is not clear enough to prove he's smiling
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:25 AM
8 hrs ago

I thought the same thing, but it’s too blurry.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,389 posts)
12. First I am hearing of a 'Closed door meeting' with the brass.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:49 AM
3 hrs ago

The outcome of which appears to be the resignation of one.

Very bad omen.

IMO

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