International Pete Hegseth Press Conference from today

[volodya]

Hope you all have fun with this...before we are at war again, which sounds like will be happening sooner than later.

 

[Stoic1]

Not sure which narrative we are supposed to be swallowing. Is it the WMD's threat like Iraq or is it bringing "freedom and democracy" like Lybia?

 

[shinkyoku]

Hope you all have fun with this...before we are at war again, which sounds like will be happening sooner than later.

While I trust trump&co to do something monumentally stupid (over and over again), I also trust indian based propaganda channel "Time now" to pump out AI generated BS with little to no connection to reality, but always following Russian narrative and interest.
Got any better sources?

 

[syct23]

Hope you all have fun with this...before we are at war again, which sounds like will be happening sooner than later.

You don’t rename the Department for nothing,

Just as you do not send Two carriers loaded to the teeth for an extended amount of time, $$$ everyday..

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Anytime i read Hegseth now I think of that AI pic of him trying to crowdsurf with generals. That shit killed me.

 

[Prefect]

Has there ever before been a case of someone rising so high in the military and never before achieved a rank above low level officer in a press corp?

 

[Thrawn33]

Has there ever before been a case of someone rising so high in the military and never before achieved a rank above low level officer in a press corp?

There's a few Sec Defs who were never in the military. Some others who were Junior Officers.

If we want to include Commanders in Chief...lots more.

 

[Prefect]

There's a few Sec Defs who were never in the military. Some others who were Junior Officers.

If we want to include Commanders in Chief...lots more.

I did not know that. But I would say that the below have had a lot more administrational experience than low level officer / TV personality.

• Charles Wilson (1953–1957): Former President of General Motors.
  
  
  
  
• Neil McElroy (1957–1959): Former President of Procter & Gamble.
  
  
  
  
• James Schlesinger (1973–1975): An economist and former Director of Central Intelligence.
  
  
  
  
• Harold Brown (1977–1981): A physicist and former Secretary of the Air Force (though he was a civilian appointee in that role as well).
  
  
  
  
• Dick Cheney (1989–1993): Served as Secretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush after a career in Congress and the White House.
  
  
  
  
• William Cohen (1997–2001): A former Senator and Congressman.
  
  
  
  
• Ash Carter (2015–2017): A physicist and academic who spent his career in defense policy and management.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

I did not know that. But I would say that the below have had a lot more administrational experience than low level officer / TV personality.

• Charles Wilson (1953–1957): Former President of General Motors.
  
  
  
  

He worked for GENERAL Motors. Close enough.

 

[Thrawn33]

I did not know that. But I would say that the below have had a lot more administrational experience than low level officer / TV personality.

Not disagreeing with you. Just pointing you in the direction of what you asked about.

Like I said there were some other O-nothings examples too.

Personally I'm undecided if military service should be a mandatory non-negotiable pre-req for SecWar(Def)

On one hand the Secretary is a high level executive who should leave the warfighting and defence operations to the Joint Chiefs

On the otherhand without ever serving there's a disconnect with the Armed Forces that can never be replicated.

 

[DoctorTaco]

He worked for GENERAL Motors. Close enough.

If he was president during ww2 then he would have at least worked with the dod when it came to rolling tanks out of his factories I suppose

 

[Prefect]

If he was president during ww2 then he would have at least worked with the dod when it came to rolling tanks out of his factories I suppose

He would have seen much of that to as a sub president c-suite position prior during the war. GE was and is a massive org.