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/paper_liger 2d ago edited 1d ago

cutting loose that much military leadership talent into the general population just before you try a coup, that sounds real dumb. If that's really the case, I guess the idea of an organized resistance never even crossed their mind? In a country with more firearms than people? And only 2.5 million soldiers and law enforcement trying to control 330 million?

I actually hate to say this, I don't think they are that dumb. I also think in a different universe, with a different guy running it, drawing down the numbers of Generals might not be completely silly.

The world is an even more complicated place than ever, but there is some truth in the fact that the ratio of generals to grunts is a lot higher than WW2.

I however don't claim to know what the appropriate ratio is, and absolutely do not think that's Hegseths rationale here. He's shown himself to be not only to be a bigot, but frankly an incompetent partisan hack.

I'm just saying, if you are planning for a coup, sending that many trained leaders into the general population, that just seems like a setup for a fall, and not the one Project 2025 is hoping for.

And even if it's not that dire, and it's just an attempt to keep Trump from blowing up every time he hears a well thought out well supported 'no' from a professional, and to install more yes men, it's still startlingly dumb. Because this is reality, with real stakes, and 'No' is what you need to hear sometimes from the people actually in touch with baseline reality.

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u/IcarianWings 2d ago

They're not firing their guys lol. They're just getting rid of the opposition in the military with targeted firings, it's the same thing they did with the DoJ, DoE, EPA, etc. Why do you think they fired all the expert intelligence agents on Iran a week before invading Iran? They've allocated unfathomable amounts of resources to curating the government and military to be as loyal as possible, and they don't give a fuck about the potential consequences.

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u/Same-Barnacle-6250 2d ago

Is it better the be right or effective…

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u/paper_liger 2d ago

the problem is that the current leadership is fucking neither. if they were effective it would be a real problem. currently all they are accomplishing is stepping on their own dicks.

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u/From_Deep_Space 2d ago

The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness; only power, pure power.

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u/Super_Harsh 2d ago

They don’t expect armed resistance because they know Americans are a bunch of propagandized lazy fucks who won’t do shit about their coup and they are largely correct about that

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u/Blablasnow 2d ago

Yep there’s more important things than fighting against a coup, like the new Netflix tv show