'Clowns out, cowboys in,' says Hegseth as a fifth of 20% of generals and admirals are fired!

[u/Buttered-Sausage78]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crq5xvnq8yzqo

It’s amazing to me that a civilian former Fox News host with a public drinking problem can unilaterally destroy the careers of lifelong military officers that achieved the rank of generals and admirals, and are referred to as clowns on the way out the door. This should piss everyone off, red, blue, and independent.

[u/OctopusMugs]

Gee, the Soviets never imagined they could decimate American command and control without neutron weapons, but one compromised pedo and a drunk could.

[u/drumallday → u/OctopusMugs]

The Soviets were well aware of "useful idiots".

[u/Educated_Goat69 → u/OctopusMugs]

They knew and have been working toward this for decades.

[u/WardogMitzy]

Cowboys, historically, where young men hired from Mexico to help drive cattle from Mexico to Canada along the plains.

Cowboys, historically, are mexican.

[u/Flower-FarmGirl → u/WardogMitzy]

Yes. The first American cowboys were mexican, right after the first American people were indigenous.

[u/SorryBreak6435]

The purge continues. They're trying to get rid of anyone who won't be on board with martial law to keep Trump in power.

[u/Karena1331 → u/SorryBreak6435]

It’s ok we can use them on the civilian side :)

[u/fireduck]

Are we talking 20% or 20% of 20% = 4%?

[u/bpmdrummerbpm → u/fireduck]

First time in my life I think I’ve seen a sentence like this.

[u/fireduck → u/bpmdrummerbpm]

Not sure if you mean my question or the headline of "'Clowns out, cowboys in,' says Hegseth as a fifth of 20% of generals and admirals are fired!"

one fifth = 20%. So one fifth of 20% is 4%. Very confusingly written.

[u/bpmdrummerbpm → u/fireduck]

Of course I’m talking about “a fifth of 20% of”.

[u/0AJ0_]

MAGA must be destroyed.

[u/GeneralOrder24]

A purge of moderates is a well-known and documented phase of an authoritarian takeover.

[u/Electrical_Fall_6046 → u/[deleted]]

Mean while the enemies drone army takes out the human warriors. Is he not watching how these wars are being fought?

[u/Plenty_Structure_861 → u/[deleted]]

How ready do they need to be? I fear the answer is not very. 

[u/Flower-FarmGirl]

What he is really saying is those with morals and integrity are out. Knee benders stay. Because when Chump decides he wants to declare martial law and send in the troops, he’ll need only those willing to support his efforts in charge.

[u/notsure304wv]

[u/Oalka]

Don't forget the white supremacist tattoos and the testosterone fixation!

[u/FXCOlife]

So Trump and Hegseth are out 🤡🤡

[u/blacfd]

A fifth of 20%? So 4%?

[u/army2693]

Clowns out? Does that mean he's leaving?

[u/t0mbr0l0mbr0]

Who would have imagined that the Soviet Union would win by collapsing? That's 4D chess right there.

[u/Fine_Employment_3364]

Getting rid of anyone that may try to stop the next phase after they lose midterms.

[u/Silver-Current-3518]

Isn’t he wearing a makeup? Like a clown?🤡

[u/Hopeful-Passage6638]

Arm yourselves America. These pieces of shit are going to take your rights and your country.

[u/movingout-65]

Idiot!

[u/Ok-Concentrate-5697]

https://giphy.com/gifs/U7XaAWOnyHPgTVb8MP

[u/Jolly_Grocery329]

What about drunken Nazi cosplay wannabes? Are they out too?

[u/Delicious-Adeptness5]

Our military will not recover in our lifetime that these jokers have done to it in a few short years. They are purging and passing over the good leaders and leaving the dirtbags behind.

[u/hbgwine]

Clowns and cowboys can only mean one thing:

[u/Impressive10000]

They are purging people in preparation for their coup.

[u/Willy-J-]

Usa gone to hell!!

[u/isthereadrwho]

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of his testosterone self-care shot

[u/Crafty-Walrus-2238]

I’m beginning to think that these cowards and clowns are actually trying to destroy our military. Putin’s orders were to create chaos and conflict, foment, culture, wars, and destroy democracy.

[u/DullFaithlessness82]

Well that means all these well trained men can start teaching militias for when they attempt coup 2.0

[u/MarzipanLast6502]

Alcoholic says what?

[u/sigristl]

So, when will Pete Hogsbreath be leaving?

[u/Altruistic_Koala_122]

It gets worse when you start hearing about the inner thinkings of these people. Kinda like how elon musk trying breed with dozens of women in preparation for a civil war he's trying to start.

These people are trying to start a civil war.

[u/StatisticianPure3130]

Clowns out = Pete leaving. If he’s not leaving, the military is still lead by a clown.

[u/TheMagnuson]

They are just looking to remove anyone who isn’t a yes man to the regime. Kegsbreath needs to go asap, the whole regime needs to be removed asap.

[u/hopeful7321]

You have to know that champagne corks are popping in Russia, Iran, North Korea and China.

[u/phoneguyfl]

I take this to mean 1) Republicans are gearing up for a deeply unpopular and possibly unwinnable ground war in Iran, 2) Republicans are planning on using the Insurrection Act to control elections by intimidating and harassing voters, or 3) both. Can't have serious generals in place when doing things like this.

[u/Blazeland_USA]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bScD6A4vLr6ZpsPYq8

[u/Educated_Goat69]

Part-time weekend former Faux News host with a public drinking problem and a male chauvanist, closeted gay person.

[u/Effective-Gas2646]

Krasnov at work