• SmithrunHills [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    59
    ·
    1 month ago

    The chuds in those replies trying to act tough while they’re essentially begging their big brother to beat up someone who looked at them funny lmao doggirl-lol

    wojak-nooo “I bet you’re scared that TRUMP and THE BIG SCARY DELTA FORCE are gonna assassinate you huh you GOMMIE TRAITOR!”

    • While the info is still in that substack post, it looks like it has been removed from X the everything app.

      This is the current commander of Delta Force, whose men just invaded a sovereign country, killed a bunch of innocent people, and kidnapped the rightful president.

      (BTW it’s perfectly legal for a US reporter to disclose classified material the leakage of which I did not procure)

      a picture of the current commander of Delta Force, Chris Countouriotis

      COL Chris Countouriotis is an Army Special Forces officer from San Francisco, California. Chris commissioned as a Medical Service Corps Officer in 2004 and transferred to the Infantry in 2006. Chris has spent the last 16 years assigned to units within the U.S. Special Operations Command. He has broad experience working with joint, interagency, and international partners and has deployed multiple times throughout Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Chris earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Organizational Psychology and received his undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco. Chris and his wife, Michelle, who served for 21 years in the Army herself, are raising 5 daughters. Chris’s research interests include national security policy, irregular warfare, and leader development and education.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    1 month ago

    As reprehensible as the death threats are, there’s also a certain admission here. Normally with a “successful” military operation, there’d be a lionizing of the military leadership responsible. That they’re getting angry he’s even been named, despite it posing zero threat to the man, betrays that they see this as more a mafia goon squad operation than “defending freedom and liberty.”

    • I don’t see it that way. They’re mad that their names are being publicized because they want to operate with total impunity and lack of civilian oversight, same as ICE. They want to be able to canoe innocent people and napalm children without anyone asking them questions. They’ve always wanted that, only now they feel entitled to it and empowered to threaten anyone who doesn’t agree into silence.

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    30
    ·
    1 month ago

    2 years ago I would have thought “ok they’ve done worse but I don’t think they’d just blatantly merc Seth Harp for revealing info about delta force”

    Now I’m thinking he’s gotta take a small boat somewhere fast as the airports aren’t safe

  • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    First of that this isn’t “classified information”, Seth Harp just pulled this guy’s information (image and description) from a publicly accessible Duke University page, which appears when you reverse image search this picture.

    Duke University page

    Chris Countouriotis also publishes publicly accessible research papers/summaries under this name and identity:

    It’s not as if his name and identity are secret/classified. I found all this in 5-10 minutes on Google.

    Secondly it’s highly questionable if this guy is even the leader of Delta Force himself. Yes he has a long career in special forces, but obviously not everyone in special forces with a long career is the literal commander. Harp would need to have some actual evidence here, not a screenshot of a publicly accessible webpage.

    Stuff like this keeps me from reading the Fort Bragg cartel.

    • I maybe misinterpreted the post, but my reading was not that the bio & picture were classified, but that being the leader of Delta Force was & that there was classified info showing that which wasn’t directly shared.

      Maybe that was too charitable of a take.

      • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        1 month ago

        From Jack Paulson’s substack:

        Journalist Seth Harp just published a document he reports to be a short biography of current Delta Force commander Col. Chris Countouriotis.

        So at least some people thought it was an actually classified document.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      1 month ago

      Harp would need to have some actual evidence

      Everything about SFOD-D is classified, from membership to existence to activities, meaning any army SFOD-D guy has their public records displayed as anything other than. Even retired D-D guys have to play tongue-in-cheek with their participation because that’s legally classified. Of course because fuckers love to brag and have a chip in their shoulder against SEAL team 6 a lot of them are fairly loose–lipped about their participation.

      That said, Countouriotis’ career and fruit salad screams to me delta based on my own personal knowledge and experience. I’d put my trust in Harp on having the confirmed info on this guy

      • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        1 month ago

        Everything about SFOD-D is classified, from membership to existence to activities, meaning any army SFOD-D guy has their public records displayed as anything other than.

        Hence me using “under this name and identity”.

        This Countouriotis guy is obviously heavily involved in special forces, look at some of those badges. But the lead commander? That’s very difficult to say.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          1 month ago

          He’s at the required rank, has the certs, the career, etc. to be selected for command. D-D isn’t some sort of magical space like the IDF where everyone are generals by 20 lol