Hegseth, Pentagon Catch-All

[p5mmr9]

The real question will be his leadership during this war. Jury is still out

Not really.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/column-pete-hegseth-iran-war-incompetence-chapman/

 

[wmheel1287]

Not really.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/column-pete-hegseth-iran-war-incompetence-chapman/

It's only out for those who are insistent upon arguing in bad faith. For 35% of the nation, Hegseth is fantastic until Trump says he is awful. For 64% of the nation, he's already awful.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

Fuck Pete Hegshits. He sucks by any metric. He's a blight on our military and country. Fuck that fucking guy.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Fuck Pete Hegshits. He sucks by any metric. He's a blight on our military and country. Fuck that fucking guy.

It's almost as if hiring a Fox talking head with no administrative experience and no experience leading the military (he is a veteran, but was never a high-ranking one), and who is a known heavy drinker with multiple accusations of sexual assault and harassment, to be the Secretary of Defense was a really, really bad idea. And that's without even getting into his clear pattern of racism and sexism. Trump's cabinet is a grossly incompetent clown show, plain and simple. They likely couldn't run a McDonald's smoothly, much less the entire federal government.

 

[uncmba]

A clown show that has the Iranians actually winning.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

It's almost as if hiring a Fox talking head with no administrative experience and no experience leading the military (he is a veteran, but was never a high-ranking one), and who is a known heavy drinker with multiple accusations of sexual assault and harassment, to be the Secretary of Defense was a really, really bad idea. And that's without even getting into his clear pattern of racism and sexism. Trump's cabinet is a clown show, plain and simple.

iT's sEcReTaRy oF wAr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[farce©]

I think you're likely correct. He fired two white generals as well at about the same time. But it seems odd you would bring up race as a reason why he was or wasn't fired. And why would you ask me about it? I don't have any inside knowledge. Just a weird post.

And according to reports, one of the reasons George was fired was his refusal to remove black and female officers from the promotion list at Hegseth’s request. So I think it is reasonable to question a prejudicial angle to these firings.

 

[Mundial]

Only in the sense that they both have fired senior officers at the beginning of a war. I thought that was quite obvious, but maybe I should have explained it in simpler terms for you.

Only in the sense that they both have fired senior officers at the beginning of a war. I thought that was quite obvious, but maybe I should have explained it in simpler terms for you.

This George C. Marshall:

George C. Marshall - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I am sure that they may have used the bathroom the same way but that doesn't make them comparable.

The constant attempt to imply logic behind any of Hegseth's decisions when all of these firings are clearly driven by purely political reasons is disingenuous as best.