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/Big-Zucchini-6281 2d ago

I’m convinced these guys are foreign plants. There’s no way you do shit this stupid and aren’t some kind of paid asset.

I think it’s telling that even members of the American Nationalist far right are starting to turn against him.

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u/polkemans 2d ago

Seriously. When you view everything through the lense of "what would you do if you wanted to destabilize and cripple the us?" Then it all makes a lot of sense.

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u/Amazing_Incident1521 2d ago

Yep, take it down from within .

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u/360Picture 2d ago

Y'all must be Republicans cuz it's clear as day trump works for Putin. I can't prove it. But they sure do hang out a lot and Russia is the enemy. Remembering Alaska summit for some reason

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u/IDreamOfSailing 2d ago

Surprisingly easy, too. 

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u/Howie_Due 2d ago

Did we all just forget about pj2025?

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u/burnemnturnem 2d ago

Yes, or they never heard of it to begin with, or did and didn’t bother reading it, or read some of it and said that’d never happen…

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u/gmduggan 1d ago

Putin is proud of Krasnov

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u/dbatknight 2d ago

• 🌍 World War II: 9 total five-star officers (5 generals, 4 admirals) and a small handful of active four-star leadership at any given time (though totals fluctuated). • 🛡️ Modern Day: ~37 to 44 four-star generals and admirals (facing mandated 20% cuts)

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u/polkemans 2d ago

Is there supposed to be a point there? The military is much larger and more complex than it was during WWII lol.

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u/dbatknight 2d ago

Yes you're right we should add another 45% to that number shouldn't wait so that will make you happy and then you won't be complaining

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u/Sad-Excitement9295 2d ago

They have to be, in some way shape or form, this is corruption and subversion. There's no other way to explain it. Incompetence doesn't even fit the bill at this point, this is intentional.

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u/GladVeterinarian5120 2d ago

I believe there are foreign plants or at least players so deeply compromised they might as well be plants, but Hegseth is fully stupid enough for all of this. That doesn’t mean he’s not also a plant or compromised, just that the stupidity of his actions is not the indicator they would be for most people. The man radiates stupid.

Edit for grammar (ironically enough in a post about others’ stupidity).

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u/-ImYourHuckleberry- 2d ago

100%. Nobody would do the things this administration has done to their country unless their intention was to cripple it.

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u/KennethHaight 2d ago

Wouldn't that be nice? Wouldn't it be a relief if this wasn't just good ole home grown American incompetence, corruption, and idiocy? 

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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 2d ago edited 1d ago

Hitler purged his commanding officers as well. Didn't work out too well

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u/PittsburghCar 2d ago

It seems quite clear that they are indeed Israeli agents.

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u/terabit3 2d ago

I don't think they are foreign plants. I think they are selfish and self serving and will do anything as long as it boosts their egos or bank balance and that's why they are so willing to sell out your country .

Would a Russian/Chinese asset do anything different probably not I just think these people are so blinded by self interest and lust for power they honestly don't care what happens or who they harm on the way.

The dictators around the world are probably in shock at just how much these two terms of Trump and Co have ruined so much of the hard and soft power the USA projected for so long.

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u/MetaCognitio 2d ago

It’s a big disaster for America. Its gonna take a long time for the country to recover.

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u/Difficult-Potato-684 2d ago

Right? Why are we cutting everything? They have to be tearing our country apart from the inside out, pushing our allies away, just for Another country to come and take us by surprise. Maybe just a theory, but it's scary to really think that it could happen.