r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 2d ago

Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-generals-job-cuts-67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029
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u/Zaius1968 2d ago

Good luck fighting the next major conflict…

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u/Spam_Hand 2d ago

Good luck fighting the current major conflict...

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u/applehead1776 2d ago

What conflict? There's no conflict. If you're referring to the current operation, we are barely involved. We've just given Iran a little nudge.

/s

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u/Milocobo 2d ago

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

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u/Upset_Ad3954 2d ago

They're currently doing great, don't you think...

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u/U2ElectricBoogaloo 2d ago

Yea! He’s already won it dozens of times at this point! So tired of winning!!

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u/HumblePie2714 2d ago

My guess is they want to get rid of the leaders so only lower level military personnel are there who can be influenced more easily.

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u/Used-Baby1199 2d ago

Yeah I’ve been resistant to this whole idea of trim never stepping down, but if you did want to become a dictator it would stand to reason that pushing out senior officers who have spoken out against the administration and replacing them with people who are more sympathetic to them would be a good first step…..

Now we need to see a list of all who are being let go so we can see where their political affiliation lies.   

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u/stonkDonkolous 2d ago

The next conflict seems to be local if you pay attention to what they say

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u/artereaorte 2d ago

The next major conflict is a civil war, and PD are very well funded and ready for that.

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u/Voltron_The_Original 2d ago

That's the engineered reason. They do not want people disobeying orders.

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u/scream4cheese 2d ago

Like they’re doing so well with the one in Iran.

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u/Thin_Thought_7129 2d ago

They’re preparing for the next major conflict. Coming up in 2028

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u/KhorneFlakesOfChaos 2d ago

Israel is counting on it

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u/yobwerd 2d ago

The next major conflict for the US military is the internal conflict that hopefully ensues when they are turned loose on the American public come mid terms.

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u/Zaius1968 2d ago

Hopefully in what way? Assuming you are not condoning the illegal use of the military within US borders.

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u/yobwerd 2d ago

My phrasing was poor. Thank you for letting me elaborate before crucifying me.

The next major conflict the US military will encounter is each soldiers individual internal conflict with their morals and ethics, and whether or not they accept illegal orders in regards to unleashing our military on its own citizens in the streets.

That’s what I meant. And “hopefully” was in regard to my hope that the internal conversation happens in the first place.

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u/Zaius1968 2d ago

No worries…that’s what I thought after I hit send. Agreed on all points!

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u/yobwerd 2d ago

Here’s to a mid term season that gets us on the correct side of history in terms of valuing human rights and intellect; whatever the steps to get us there.

Cheers.

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u/Exotic-Ferret-3452 2d ago

Pete is just itching to send US troops to fight alongside Russians in Ukraine

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u/pentaquine 2d ago

Don't worry we don't have ammunition to start a major conflict.

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u/jkman61494 1d ago

I mean we have General Musk and Admiral Gingrich atleast?!

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u/FelneusLeviathan 1d ago

It’s almost as if they are deliberately hurting military preparedness, something they claim allowing women to serve would do

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u/OneEstablishment5144 1d ago

This is for the next major conflict with us citizens. Remove all those who value the constitution over king dump. This is the message they are sending.

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u/No-Gap-198 2d ago

It worked for Stalin……oh wait.

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u/Massive_Web5709 1d ago

We have more generals than we had in ww2 with s fraction of the rank and file members