The response from retired military officers and grunts to Hegseth and Waltz’s cock-up was overwhelmingly consistent: violations of OPSEC
operational security) far less egregious have uniformly led to ending the violator’s military career. Watching the well-respected military blogger Ward Carroll’s YouTube analysis of “Signalgate,” I was struck by the consistency and certitude of the reactions.

“Speaking as a Cold War Vet, if I had leaked any operational plans on this level, I would be court martialed out of the service and go straight to Leavenworth, Kan,” he said. And “if anyone in my era (’73-’83) would have done this, Leavenworth would be our retirement plan.”

The sloppy intelligence leak apparently compromised an Israeli spy on the ground. Israel is telling Trump to fire his incomeptent officials involved.

And as if our relationships with close allies we’ve had for a lifetime weren’t already on the rocks…