Archive article: https://archive.is/EfZkV “We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said. “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression,” he added. “We’re going to cut our hair, shave our beards, and adhere to standards.”
What did Hegseth think was going to happen? That all the generals were going to stomp their feet and hoot and holler? That they were going to pump their fists in the air and shout “YEEEAAAH!” ?
That sh*t might work on Private Pyle but those Generals had more important things to do and places to be. They’re pissed that they’ve been summoned from all over the world by a guy who calls their troops “suckers and losers” to take part in a pep rally.
This is what CEOs of failing companies do to make themselves seem important on their sinking ship.
Sorry, but yearly height tests?
Weight vs height for approximate BMI
Ought to be required for Commander-In-Chief
As yes, BMI, an incredibly generic measurement used more as a rough first step and also worth less when someone weighs more due to muscle mass, which I imagine soldiers have a fair amount of.
Look, the test is really bad about detecting weight issues so if you score high enough on the annual fitness test, you don’t have to take it. So that leaves all the soldiers with much more muscle out of the outliers. Meaning the soldiers who are overweight and don’t have high enough scores can waste the rest of the afternoon getting tape tested.
Did you see all that winning in that room? So much winning. Shave. Don’t be fat. And then the orange man rambled about fucking nonsense for like an hour. I mean he said literally nothing coherent or relevant to the meeting. I was so fucking inspired and filled with warrior ethos I shit myself. It was awesome!
troops to Portland because TV.
As a bearded man for decades now, I actually have slightly less respect for men who bend the knee to the shaven. I don’t care if you’re a billionaire - I even know one - but yeah I think less of you. I know people look down on me for having one. Whatever.
I do understand appearance standards for soldiers though. There’s a purpose to the uniformity. But if I was in charge I’d mandate soldiers wear short beards (long beards are superior, but are a liability in hand to hand combat).
It was originally about gas masks, they don’t seal properly when you have a beard. That’s why a mustache is ok.
Granted, that’s not what this is about.
This is not the thing about that meeting that the press should be focusing on.
Horrifying stuff. Truly chilling.
Nordic pagans? Does he think America is Rome in the 4th century?
Because the Romans, while they had their flaws, probably wouldn’t let their equivalent of a Fox News anchor run their military. They were smarter than that.
Well kinda, the 4th century is when they went head over heels for Christianity after which the Western Roman empire fell only a century later.
I feel like the chance of a military coup in the USA just went up 1000%. I’m sure there’s plenty of MAGAs in that military but there’s gotta be a lot who take their oath and tradition very seriously.
Since you mention it, by summoning leadership to the pentagon he just gave them plausible deniability for being in the same place at the same time, without being monitored (e.g. off base). If you wanted to jump-start a coup, that’s a helluva way to do it.
If they did they would already be doing something. There’s a line in that oath about protecting from domestic threats.
If they are doing something (and I’m confident that someone is. Likely quite a few of them), then we won’t know until they put the plan into action. That information leaking right now would be disastrous.
fucking lol
I really hope the people in that room know better than to allow this to continue. They should have couped him right there.
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Just the thing our military needs to encourage enlistment…
They’ll probably bring back the draft once the war with Venezuela kicks off.
Never forget the primary lesson of Vietnam.
They draft, you frag.
What he did is he proved to everyone he didn’t know a thing about the military.
What I heard is hegseth promises to have his son sign up on his 17th birthday as frontline infantry marine. Thats what I heard. Anyone else hear that? Im pretty sure that is what he said. His kid is 15 so should be ripe before trump term ends. Military will be in the borders so can pick him right up when ready. Oh also he does not want the head of the us military to be fat or out of shape and wants to get rid of the head of the military that are fat and out of shape. I can really get behind that. Lets get rid of him.
That was the most closeted TedTalk I’ve ever seen.
**They declared war on America.
Encouraged war crimes (against American citizens)**
Enacted a bunch of racist and sexist shit (beard thing)
Announced they were planning on starting wars as soon as they feel like it
Rejected and alienated large portions of the American population from serving on the brink of WW3
Dementia Don rambled incoherently for a long time
Threatened the generals if they didn’t show fealty to the pedo king
Said the generals aren’t sexy enough for Pete
Pete Hegesth can’t grow a beard
And his rape allegations were 100% true, apparently.
Too much facial surgery tends to do that
It’s the only logical conclusion.
I don’t think pissing off the entire military leadership with something that didn’t need to be said (or could have been an email) is going to make them particularly keen to support you…
