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Swede

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Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:51 AM 16 hrs ago

A veteran posts on Facebook, asking if Hegseth served in combat, and if he really knows what "no quarter" means. [View all]

"It would give me great pleasure to speak to Pete Hegseth in public about his "combat experience." I would ask him politely if he'd ever been having a normal conversation with a fellow soldier and that within an hour that perfectly healthy young man was being choppered off in a body bag. I would ask him of his combat experiences if he had touched or smelled a dead body. I would ask him if he had witnessed the trooper next to him become an instant amputee? I would like to know if Major Hegseth had ever heard shots fired with intent to kill? I would like to know if he has ever heard the sound of a bullet hitting his own body? Now there is something you DON'T forget! But mostly I would like to know if Hegseth comprehends the meaning of "No quarter? " I would like to ask Mr Hegseth if in all of his vast combat experiences if he had ever extended No Quarter to the enemy? And did he realize that the enemy would probably do the same for him?"


https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BX58WMKDi/

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