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Law Trump picks Fox News host for Defense Secretary

Fluffernutter said:
So, Fox News guy qualifies.
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No. At best you could consider him qualified for upper management of a small entity but certainly not anything the size of the US military.

I mean his job has been running propaganda for the worst news organization in America...
 
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I find it funny the leftists having an issue with this guy who has a proven military career and top notch Ivy League education when they were find with Ash Carter who was a pussified dolt with no military background to speak of.

I like the fact that Hegseth said he will get rid of all this woke BS in the military. That shit is detrimental to building a good fighting force.

Funny for me too as this guy used to run with one of my cousins back in high school. Never met him myself but I guess he was a good dude back then from what my cousin says. Great athlete in high school, good leader, and all of that.
 
SirRealKiller said:
I find it funny the leftists having an issue with this guy who has a proven military career and top notch Ivy League education when they were find with Ash Carter who was a pussified dolt with no military background to speak of.
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While I don't think the job necessarily requires military experience, I will say that Ash Carter worked directly under the Secretary of Defense for 2 years before he was appointed.

Seems like a false equivalency you're trying to make there. Ash Carter is more qualified to run a large bureaucracy than the Fox News host by default based on that experience alone.

He also served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security policy under the Clinton administration for 3 years in the 90s.

Are you really going to claim he was less qualified than the Fox News dude who thinks the top gun guy is gonna make people want to join the military?
 
SirRealKiller said:
I find it funny the leftists having an issue with this guy who has a proven military career and top notch Ivy League education when they were find with Ash Carter who was a pussified dolt with no military background to speak of.

I like the fact that Hegseth said he will get rid of all this woke BS in the military. That shit is detrimental to building a good fighting force.

Funny for me too as this guy used to run with one of my cousins back in high school. Never met him myself but I guess he was a good dude back then from what my cousin says. Great athlete in high school, good leader, and all of that.
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What do you see as the job exactly? The position is the equivalent of a CEO for a very large company, but you think this guy is ready despite never leading a large organization.
 
Fedor>Cain said:
While I don't think the job necessarily requires military experience, I will say that Ash Carter worked directly under the Secretary of Defense for 2 years before he was appointed.

Seems like a false equivalency you're trying to make there. Ash Carter is more qualified to run a large bureaucracy than the Fox News host by default based on that experience alone.
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Ash Carter may have been qualified but he was terrible at the job. And I would say Hegseth's background also makes him qualified and personally I would prefer someone with military experience myself. He's not just a Fox news host he as a decorated military career and Ivy League educated. Dick Chenney didn't have that much for credentials, nor did Frank Carlucci and Schlesinger probably had the worst credentials of any of them.

The point is that it's not like Hegseth will be the only SOD that isn't a general or didn't run the CIA.
 
avenue94 said:
What do you see as the job exactly? The position is the equivalent of a CEO for a very large company, but you think this guy is ready despite never leading a large organization.
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He was a major in the Army so I think he can lead just fine. If you look at pretty much all of the SOD in history, none of them had any CEO type of roles outside of the military. He also has training in economics and policy. And the SOD does not just go it alone, they have staff just like every other high ranking position that advise them. The key is getting staff that has areas of knowledge that cover areas you are not an expert in.
 
SirRealKiller said:
He was a major in the Army so I think he can lead just fine. If you look at pretty much all of the SOD in history, none of them had any CEO type of roles outside of the military. He also has training in economics and policy. And the SOD does not just go it alone, they have staff just like every other high ranking position that advise them. The key is getting staff that has areas of knowledge that cover areas you are not an expert in.
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You think that's equivalent to managing an org with a couple million employees? You might as well be telling me he's qualified because he was a boy scout troop leader 40 years ago.

Most SOD have either flag experience or experience in DoD or high level government already. Who was the last SOD who didn't have either?

And sure that's key, and he's given no evidence he has that kind of ability either. The reason he got picked over any other number of retired majors is because he had his lips attached to Trump's ass for years. That's hardly a good qualification.
 
avenue94 said:
You think that's equivalent to managing an org with a couple million employees? You might as well be telling me he's qualified because he was a boy scout troop leader 40 years ago.

Most SOD have either flag experience or experience in DoD or high level government already. Who was the last SOD who didn't have either?

And sure that's key, and he's given no evidence he has that kind of ability either. The reason he got picked over any other number of retired majors is because he had his lips attached to Trump's ass for years. That's hardly a good qualification.
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I named several SOD above that have either similar or fewer qualifications.

You would probably bitch about whoever Trump picks so we probably shouldn't take your concerns seriously anyway.
 
ShadowRun said:
Sums up the thread

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Yes, it's obvious that the pick was intentional to not have anyone already locked into the military industrial complex but who still had some military experience. People seem to want him to have put up some underling with experience but is that what we really want at this point given how it has been handled?
 
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