Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

system7rocks•about 1 hour ago

This is deeply disturbing. The terrible, incoherent messaging and strategy around the Iran war (unapproved by Congress) is connected. This is an administration that is seeking less freedom, not more. What entity would sue on behalf of the ombudsman?

deepsun•about 1 hour ago

It cannot be "unapproved by Congress".

A US president does not have authority to start a war, Congress has, according to Constitution. The president only serves as a Commander in Chief.

So at any point Congress can stop any military action issuing an immediate ruling preventing the president doing anything. If our congressmen don't do that it means they approve it.

It's our, USA, war, not Trump's war. Because we elected the congressmen.

xnx•44 minutes ago

> If our congressmen don't do that it means they approve it.

These needs to be repeated everywhere until people understand it. Same situation with tariffs.

user3939382•30 minutes ago

They passed a bill saying in 60 days stop without further approval. Admin said days we don’t attack dont count toward the 60…

AlexCoventry•34 minutes ago

Yes, if this turns into a mass famine/deindustrialization, Americans are going to own it the way Germans owned the holocaust.

niemandhier•about 1 hour ago

Historically the codified office of the Ombudsman came to Sweden after the Swedish King had to search refuge in Turkey and observed a similar position there.

I love that story, shows you that the world always was quite small and that what we perceive as progressive and backward countries is just a matter of time.

gostsamo•27 minutes ago

Can you give some more context? I looked into Wikipedia and the relevant text there is giving different vibe:

> Charles XII was in exile in Turkey and needed a representative in Sweden to ensure that judges and civil servants acted in accordance with the laws and with their duties. If they did not do so, the Supreme Ombudsman had the right to prosecute them for negligence.

timfsu•about 2 hours ago

Did not know this was a thing, kudos to her for speaking out!

J0nL•23 minutes ago

You don't get that job without being the type of person who will only ever respond to coercion attempts with an equal amount of indigance. The sole reason for the position to exist is to act as a canary in a coalmine so to speak

She even admits she was due to stand down at the end of the year, they could have just waited her out. Instead it seems her calling a spade a spade was just too intolerable for them to bare

If that's all it takes to provoke the desired reaction from them it doesn't bode well at all. It's no wonder they were so easily led into a war with Iran on a leash

Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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