Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump.
This is the weakness of authoritarian regimes. Putin’s guys were all telling him what he wanted to hear in the lead up to the invasion on Ukraine. “They’ll greet us as liberators, it’ll be over in a week, two weeks tops.”
Next comes the corruption. You know your job is solely about telling the boss what he wants to hear, which will often be lies. If you’re a liar and in control of a procurement budget, you can move the money for your own benefit. You’ll have to lie to your boss about spending the money for what it’s intended, but since you have your job because you’re willing to lie to your boss, why not lie about how your budget was spent?
This is the weakness of authoritarian regimes. Putin’s guys were all telling him what he wanted to hear in the lead up to the invasion on Ukraine. “They’ll greet us as liberators, it’ll be over in a week, two weeks tops.”
Next comes the corruption. You know your job is solely about telling the boss what he wants to hear, which will often be lies. If you’re a liar and in control of a procurement budget, you can move the money for your own benefit. You’ll have to lie to your boss about spending the money for what it’s intended, but since you have your job because you’re willing to lie to your boss, why not lie about how your budget was spent?