Top U.S. Commanders Leak Explosive Pentagon Documents

0:00This was a massive leak, folks, and the Trump regime is losing it. The Secretary of Defense Order book leaked to the Washington Post, and it is clear that our top generals and admirals had been warning Trump and Hegsith about this catastrophic and a lawful war in Iran. In the Secretary of Defense Order book, top military generals and admirals stated that they quote, do not concur and quote with Hegsith and Trump's plans currently and going forward as it relates to this catastrophic and a lawful war. This was in the August Secretary of Defense Order book, a highly classified document that the Washington Post got its hands on. It's like the Pentagon papers again, if you will. Now Sean Parnell, one of the chief spokespeople over at the Defense Department put out the following message attacking the Washington Post and their reporters, publishing highly

1:03classified assessments from the Secretary's Order book is a crime, the Pentagon is saying it's a betrayal of the force and much of what they're publishing is inaccurate. Of course we demand candid military advice. Non-concurse are standard. Really you think non-concurse are standard when you have many of our top generals and admirals saying they do not concur with the overall strategy regarding the catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran. I understand maybe some non-concurse on smaller or subsidiary issues, but on the overall planning of the war. Sean Parnell, he goes on to say non-concurse are standard, the Secretary sees them constantly. Well maybe if he's seeing them constantly, maybe that's not a good thing. He goes on to say that's how you run a real military. We are in great shape around the world.

2:03This story isn't about readiness, it's TDS and PDS. They hate President Trump, they go Trump derangement syndrome and Secretary Hegsitt. Hegsitt derangement syndrome. More than they love America. Really? Because it seems that our top generals and admirals are saying that this war is absolutely catastrophic for our country and for our service members. Dan Lamuth from the Washington Post then responded to Sean Parnell at the Pentagon and said, fact check, independent journalism is not a crime. These also especially important at a time when government officials are withholding key details and concerns about a war being fought on behalf of the American people with their tax payer dollars. Lamuth also points out that you have again top admirals like Cattle, top generals like Gringo Witch, Donovan and Poporo who have come out with this non-concur against Trump

3:08and Hegsitt catastrophic war in Iran, the current plan and the future planning. These top military leaders are against notably all of these top mega influencers started attacking Dan Lamuth and all of the Washington Post reporters who were also responsible for publishing the Secretary of Defense Order book. But then there was a twist that I'm going to talk about in this video as well. Dan Lamuth and other reporters at the Washington Post were ready. You see, they were working on a story that showed how the Pentagon has been hiring all of these mega influencers as special government employees without disclosing it publicly and these mega influencers have not been disclosing it publicly and they've been hired to basically do the propaganda for the regime. In other words, these mega influencers that you see all over X and social media, they

4:12are feds. They are basically the deep state. They're secretly special government employees. They're being paid by taxpayers apparently and they're spewing the regime propaganda and they're acting like they're journalists, but they work as feds right now. And you can see some of these people here like Kurt Schickler and cynical Publius and Rob Manis and this data Republican account. I'm going to go over this in a moment. Okay, we're going to tie this all together with a ribbon of transparency calling out these mega influencers. But first, I want to give a hat tip to the Washington Post reporters Alex Horton and Tara Copp for breaking the story about the Defense Secretary Order book military leaders ward Hegsiff against extending Iran war operations. A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large scale operations in the middle

5:16of it in the Middle East risk weakening US capabilities elsewhere. Several US military leaders have advised defense secretary Pete Hegsiff that prolonging large scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the US homeland according to people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief. The warnings detailed for Hegsiff by the heads of the army, Navy and Air Force and the four star commanders overseeing US operations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America appear in the August 14th edition of the Secretary of Defense orders book the SDOB. These people said they describe the assessment to the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified. The SDOB typically produced twice monthly outlines the worldwide availability of US warships,

6:19aircraft personnel and weapon systems. It reflects the president's priorities for the force, which are carried out by the defense secretary and includes insights from the military's top generals and admirals that inform the directives the Pentagon issues. And so there you had the top military generals and admirals warning about the catastrophic war and saying we don't concur with the plans of Pete Hegsiff. In addition, when you go through this SDOB, you can see chief of naval operations admiral Darryl Coddle. He says that he's deeply concerned about the lack of forecasted end date to operations against and around Iran. It's proved troublesome for efforts to sustain Iran-related operations that have now gone on for six months. Now this also coincides with that powerful report by the Guardian which we discussed,

7:20which talks about how the Navy has run out of money and it's so bad that people, service members and contractors who work within the Navy and for the Navy and some of our sailors, they're not getting their payroll right now. They're not getting their checks. Payroll money is being diverted to combat operations because the Navy has run out of money. That is bad, bad right there. So that brings me to the next point right here. These mega influencers who all that once started to swarm and attack the Washington Post and they do this in general. They swarm and attack anybody who's critical of the Trump regime and who exposes what the Trump regime is doing. People like data Republican right here and data Republican, I'll tell you who she is in a moment goes for generals analysis is not the important point here. The article says that the information comes from the SDOB. As the article explains, the SDOB is classified and lays out the worldwide availability of warships,

8:27aircrafts, weapons systems, personnel. That includes which leaders non-concurred which you are amplifying. This is one of the most serious leaks I have ever seen and you are using this to score partisan points against Texas. You and your military Twitter journalist fear spent the whole week hammering a doge-affiliated analyst for refusing to leak sensitive documents accusing her of violating ethics. She is referring to herself as her, accusing her. So are you even writing this? I've been a Magic Spoon fan for a while and now they basically figured out how to take that same idea and turn it into a snack that you could bring anywhere. Their Magic Spoon treats genuinely tastes like you're having dessert but you're getting 12 grams of protein, 7 grams of fiber, 0 grams of added sugar and just 2 to 3 grams in at carbs. They're crispy, airy, certified, gluten-free and they come in flavors like marshmallow, chocolate, peanut butter and double chocolate.

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10:30The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings and government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify the viewpoints of Pete Higgseth. Now this follows the reporting about the individual I just showed you, data Republican. Her real name is Jenica Pounds, and she was offered a scoop from the Undersecretary of State, Sarah B. Rogers. Pounds said she went into this to collaborate on Cuba to provide information to support the regime wanting to invade Cuba, but then Pounds panicked because she believed that the Undersecretary of State, Sarah Rogers, was trying to entrap her by giving her classified information that she would not be allowed to report on. And so then this Jessica Pounds, this data Republicans account, called out Undersecretary

11:33of State, Sarah Rogers, and said that she thought she was being framed to which the Undersecretary of State who reports directly to Rubio says, LOL, these are my text messages and documents. The markings are FOIA redactions required even for voluntary disclosure to prove this isn't a trap. I will happily disclose the documents myself. So then the data Republican account had to admit that she was a government employee. And she said, I began working as a special government employee for the Department of War in July to serve my country in a more hands-on way, my press credentials, at the Pentagon expired in June. I did not seek the renewal of those credentials. I currently am not a member of the Pentagon press corps and no longer attend briefings or events as a journalist. So she's a Fed and then it turns out that Kurt Schickler, the cynical, publicist account, Rob Manus, these are also feds as well.

12:35As Pedro Gonzalez says, the Pentagon is enlisting right-wing influencers who aren't disclosing their relationships with the federal government. Some of them are media fixtures like Kurt Schickler, a senior town hall columnist. This is a massive scandal and it follows Jenna Capown's data Republicans being outed as a Pentagon employee. And then you see some of these other people as well who are working for the government to spread this stuff and to attack people who are reporting accurately. But you know, hat tip to Washington Post, they were prepared for that and then they called out all of those people for what they were doing. And this is how it was reported also. The Pentagon quietly placed several conservative military veterans with large social media followings into civilian government roles. Among them Rob Manus, Kurt Schickler and Thomas Anderson, that's that publicist account, all of them who have publicly defended Hegsip. Some of these influencers reportedly took part in the Pentagon's senior service college

13:40task force, which was created to examine military colleges for ideology, described as toxic or woke during a visit to the Army War College. These influencers showed up and they questioned students and professors about military leaders and course content. And this follows a West Point professor who just filed a lawsuit against the against West Point and against the defense department for firing him because he reported on climate change because the Trump regime doesn't want any reporting there. Now, we've also been reporting here about the purge by Hegsip of top military officials. You know, everybody from Army Chief of Staff Randy George to General Donaue, who was one of the top commanders for the United States military in Europe, the former chairman of

14:41the Joint Chiefs, CQ Brown, Jr. was fired because he was black and he was fired because again, the Trump regime is not promoting black people and women. And I had the opportunity to interview Senator Kelly, of course, combat veteran, flew 38 combat missions as an aviator, as a Navy aviator. And here's what he told me about the purge of top military officials. Let's play it right over here. Good leadership can be contagious. The problem right now also is that bad leadership can be contagious as well. And we're starting to see some of that, that folks around Pete Higgseth and around the president start to try to emulate his behavior, which is not being straightforward, not being transparent, trying to avoid accountability at all costs. You know, they realize, I think most of them probably realize they made a mistake getting

15:45into a war with another country, with the Iranians, without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, and without a way out. And now they're stuck and they don't know what to do about it. And this president doesn't have answers. He has no idea what he's doing. Remember, this is a guy who truly believes, truly believes that he knows more than experience admils and generals about the military, about conflict, about national security, about combat operations. He does not. He actually thinks he knows more about, you know, everything than everyone. And that's dangerous. And that's why we find ourselves in this spot because he was, I mean, he's the president in the United States. He took us to war and with no good reason at that moment to do it. And so this has been a beat that we've been covering for a long time at the Midas Touch Network, the purge of our top military leaders and military leaders issuing these warnings. And now we're seeing a lot more of this come out there.

16:48And you got to give credit where it's due, great report by Washington Post here and in general, the defense reporters who have been banned from the Pentagon by Hegsith, they've been doing a great job doing lots of reporting here. Shout out to the reporters over at stars and stripes as well and shout out to the Midas Touch reporters who have been doing a great job covering this Aaron Parnas also affiliated with the Midas Touch and us as an independent meeting network. He's been doing great reporting also about the horrible conditions aboard the aircraft carriers and the military bases to all the military families who watch this. And I know they are quite a few. I hear from you all the time. We're thinking about you. You are always in our hearts and in our minds and we're thinking about you and your family members serving abroad. And we believe that to one of the most patriotic things we can do is to bring attention to what's really happening out there. Thanks for watching. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Appreciate you. Breaking news right now.

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