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The US has been perfectly capable of executing complicated military operations for decades prior without needing to use Signal to coordinate messaging amongst heads of staff.


Ah but those are trained military personnel, not reality tv stars and infotainment hosts


These people *WERE* military personnel and there is no way they haven't been repeatedly exposed to proper procedures for information handling. They absolutely should know better and deserve to face consequences for this sort of incompetence.

Mike Walz is a Special Forces officer and only retired as a Colonel from the National Guard to take his position as National Security Advisor.

Tulsi Gabbard is still a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard.

Pete Hegseth was a Major in the National Guard, ending his service in 2021.

JD Vance is probably the most junior of the veterans, leaving the Marine Corps as a Corporal in 2007.


Actually more capable up until now, this is naturally an historic low, completely reflecting the integrity of the Commander-in-Chief, or lack thereof, by comparison.




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