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Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Ubiquitin, Sep 25, 2025.

  1. Nook

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    I didn’t quote or respond to your post.
     
  2. Buck Turgidson

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    Maybe, just hear me out, it something to do with Mexico being a sovereign nation.
     
  3. Buck Turgidson

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    What's the "average" amount of cocaine in my tapwater supposed to be?

    Just curious.
     
  4. Deckard

    Deckard Blade Runner
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    Heck, I need to start drinking water out of the tap.
     
  5. Andre0087

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    There you go...
     
  6. dobro1229

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    No need to be evasive here. Just explain to me what was so wacky about my post that led you to pile on with the post mocking the point I was making.

    Seriously… if you see things differently I’m all ears on what your theory of the case is.
     
  7. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Easy, rational target for the war machine to start with.
     
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  8. Ubiquitin

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    Warmup for the war machine.
     
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  9. deb4rockets

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    "I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary."

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddmn6ge6e2o
     
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  10. Ubiquitin

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    It’s Treason then.

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381

    “Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason…”
     
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    Speaking of the Traitor, felon, coup leader, and insurrection inciting liar and conspiracy theory spreader, now he's trying to twist the Jan 6 narrative and take the blame off him and his right wing hate groups and domestic terrorists once again...

    Trump falsely suggests FBI agents to blame for igniting Jan. 6 violence - POLITICO

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/27/trump-january-6-fbi-00583383

    Facts:

    FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories - POLITICO

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/...over-agents-inspector-general-report-00194036
     
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  12. Ubiquitin

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    Looks like War against the USA AND Venezuela.
     
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  13. Nook

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    I didn’t comment about your post - I commented about Commodore’s post.

    It was in response to what he posted. If I had an opinion I would just post it…
     
  14. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    He's probably going to arrest them all and install loyalists
     
  15. deb4rockets

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    Trump threatened to fire military leaders he disliked "on the spot."

    "I'm going to be meeting with generals and with admirals and with leaders, and if I don't like somebody, I'm going to fire them right on the spot," he said.
    His remarks to reporters came shortly before traveling to address military officials in Virginia.

    This is what our country has come to under Trump. It's all about who he likes, not how experienced or skilled those leaders are.

    Hegseth said that it would be "toxic leadership" to endanger "subordinates with low standards" or promote people on a nonmerit basis.

    Gee, how do you think the guy with no more than platoon leader experience got placed in charge of the Department of Defense to begin with? What a hypocrite. He got his job because he is a die-hard Trump loyalist, not because he has more experience leading forces in war, that's for sure.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tr...tion-hegseth-congress-live-updates-rcna234157
     
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  16. DaDakota

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    The military should arrest Trump and Pete on the spot.

    DD
     
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    Military leaders were brought to Quantico to listen to Trump ramble on about everything under the sun. This is nuts.

    There is something seriously wrong with this guy.
     
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    There does not seem to be a clear point or purpose in President Trump’s address to military generals today. It’s a garden variety tear; he’s talking about tariffs, Joe Biden and the autopen, the southern border, CNN, his personal feelings about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his anxieties that he won’t be given a Nobel Peace Prize he feels he deserves. These are things he talks about almost every day regardless of audience or setting. Every so often he throws in a statistic or observation he has about the military. “I think we should maybe start thinking about battleships by the way” he said at one point in the middle of a riff about tariffs. “I used to watch Victory at Sea. I love Victory at Sea.”

    That, and a lot of boasting about himself as usual.

    “Pete Hegseth spent millions to fly in all of our generals and admirals to rant about facial hair and brag about how many pull-ups he can do, and have Donald Trump sleepwalk through a list of partisan gripes.”

    Pete Hegseth has been repeating a litany of points sure to find favor with President Trump. “No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction or gender delusions,” he told those gathered at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Northern Virginia. This is all pretty standard fare for the Defense Secretary — he has said all of this multiple times. So far there is nothing new that jumps out that would necessitate flying in more the 800 top military leaders from all over the world.

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/30/us/trump-government-shutdown-hegseth
     
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  20. Nook

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    The level of entitlement is staggering - that is how Trump promotes people - based on loyalty to him and not on ability or merit.

    Hegseth is the shinning example.

    It is amazing how myopic these people are.
     
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