Pentagon cancels Tuesday press briefing with Caine, Hegseth

[AverageOldGuy]

5. Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, US Army (that's three stars)

LTG Frank is Commander, US CENTCOM -- Central Command. He is responsible for translating orders from Trump and Hegseth into bombing runs, ground attacks, Tomahawk missiles, whatever.

When LTG Frank orders all his aircraft to be grounded, all his naval and ground forces to stand down, and publicly states "I will not obey these criminal orders." -- when that happens, I'll believe "the generals and admirals" have had enough. Not until Frank or some other 3- or 4-stars stand up and refuse to retire or resign.

In my 28 years in the Army I served under some 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-star officers. Men and a couple of women with a lot of education, extensive experience, and high moral character. Time for them to stand up --- all the way from 4-star generals and admirals down to slick-sleeve Privates and Swabbies -- just say NO GODDAM WAY ARE WE DOING THIS.


I'm not holding my breath.