Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<p>Much is being said about the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> group chat in terms of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/opsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opsec</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a>. </p><p>But little notice has been given to the contents of that discussion. The mystifying hatred of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, the relentless focus on what Pres <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> did or did not do — I’m no expert in these things but that cannot be normal. </p><p>Professionals involved in a serious business — say, planning the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/bombing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bombing</span></a> of another country — focus on the matter at hand. This sounded more like a locker room conversation among a bunch of teenaged boys. </p><p>Even setting aside the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> aspects, the sheer <a href="https://babka.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/unprofessionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unprofessionalism</span></a> on display should disqualify every one of them from any serious job, in or outside the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>.</p>