That's a good enough reference for me.
And now we understand the absolutely rabid obsession with destroying Pete Hegseth. I’ve been in the Army since before 9/11. Served under many secretaries. Only in the past 18 months have I experienced: >politicians warning me not to follow illegal orders >billboards outside military bases telling me to report war crimes >the media attacking anyone who has a positive thing to say about the man, and defending anyone who hates him >stunning volume of leaks from senior officials trying to undermine him, and the lionizing of the leakers by the press >being called a war criminal myself, hundreds of times a day >a sustained media narrative portraying virtually every firing or senior officer removal as a “purge” >public efforts by retired officers, advocacy groups, and political figures to mobilize service members and military communities against administration policies >influential “Americans” publicly cheering for Iran This is just to name a few. I’ve NEVER experienced anything like this before. And it’s becoming abundantly clear that the concerted effort to divide the military from within was stunted when Hegseth took over. Anyone desiring color revolution needs control of the military. That’s color revolution 101. Is it starting to make sense yet? Now you see the obsession over him in particular. It’s not a coincidence. And it damn sure isn’t because of his culture war. It’s because by all objective metrics, he runs a military that snatches rogue leaders from their beds, destroys entire militaries, and successfully mobilizes assets to save one downed pilot in the middle of enemy territory by building an Air Force base… in the middle of enemy territory. Secures the border, dominates the hemisphere. Hunts drug cartels. The list goes on. He is by all meaningful accounts, effective at wielding the machine. And that is why they drool at the thought of removing him. In years past you’d be hard pressed to find a junior Soldier who knew the name of the cabinet secretary above them. Every one of them knows Pete Hegseth. Every one.
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) October 31, 2026
One of the comments on X: "You’re also overlooking the pettier aspect that virtually every flag officer feels slighted that a National Guard O4 is the SECDEF. They feel like it’s insulting to THEIR institution."
ReplyDeleteTHEY have an institution? I thought the institution was the US military, to which they are a member, not an owner. If they can't accept that the President is the Commander in Chief, and gets to name the Secretary of War, they should probably just leave.
Either a former National Guard officer or a former major would be an insult to them, r-man.
DeleteBut both? 'Tis a mortal insult from the lowest class!
Recall Marine (Semper Fi) general Mattis bragging about lying to his CiC about troops in Syria.
ReplyDeleteThat's when I realized they needed to sack everybody above 0-6 and look carefully at the rest.
When a Marine general is very not fideles, we're in a bad place.
General Marshall cashiered or forced into retirement something like 600 officers, ranging from captain to major general. THAT caused howls of outrage, especially when those officers were in the National Guard.
DeleteAnd he had to deal with something like 23 years of arteriosclerosis. Hesgeth gets to deal with over 80 years. Counting from WWII, anyway. Add in the NGOs and corporate fat cats, and it ain't easy.
Wow. And I thought 47 had them angry.
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