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0 pointsray__1mo ago0 comments

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"No stupid rules of engagement, no nation-building quagmire, no democracy-building exercise, no politically-correct wars. We fight to win,” Hegseth said."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

cardiffspaceman1mo ago

What’s the value of having a civilian SecDef if he blathers on like this?

TheOtherHobbes1mo ago

It's a self-soothing performance of self-importance, like everything else this administration does.

This is not an administration run by adults who model consequences.

Everything happens to reassure the Commander in Chief - and the people behind him, like Miller and Vought - that they're exceptionally special and gifted people who can have anything they want and do anything they want, to anyone, without limits.

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wat100001mo ago

There's pretty clearly negative value in having civilian leader whose most notable accomplishments are being a TV opinion host, and quitting the Army because they decided he was too dangerous to be allowed to serve as a guard for a presidential inauguration.

croes1mo ago

To win what? Because it’s not a war and not a game. So what else can be won?

y-curious1mo ago

To understand this rhetoric, you have to understand how important American Football is to the majority of the voting American public. We love a team that hits hard and wins the trophy! The good guys winning! What’s better? Have you seen any of the Marvel movies? The objective good guys always win! Win win win

That’s why he uses such language

franktankbank1mo ago

I live in a deeply rural area. Nobody is like this in regards to war. I wish I could put on blast the deep worry I see everyday. Perhaps there is a cultural difference between the rural and red cities? It's hard not to take note of drafting the entirety of your young family to go shoot guns and die even if it was 100 years ago.

bulbar1mo ago

Elections. I don't think anything else really matters to them (except power and money, of course).

littlestymaar1mo ago

What does this have to do with “Woke”?

This is just stupid, you cannot “fight to win” if you don't have a theory of victory.

And if you adopt Russian doctrines all you'll end up with is Russian military efficiency.

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