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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,414 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:20 PM Monday

Trump "horns in" on Hegseth's "comical" plan to lecture top command on "warrior culture"

A retired U.S. Army general questioned the motivation for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordering military commanders from their posts around the globe to a lecture in Virginia.

The Pentagon chief is calling hundreds of senior military leaders to a Marine Corps base in Quantico for a pep talk about the warrior ethos, along with President Donald Trump. And retired general Barry McCaffrey told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the plan was ill-conceived at best.

"I think Secretary Hegseth had no idea what he was doing calling a no-notice meeting without specifying what the topic would be. I think he did want to harangue the senior enlisted and military leaders of the country about warrior culture."

"It's a hard one to pull off," he added. "These people, as you say, grew up in 20 years of combat, from lieutenant or E-1 to the end of their career they're now serving, and then I think President Trump had no idea what was going on, learned of it, horns in. This ought to be a very unusual, almost comical session. Why did he draw attention to this, as if we were going to go to war over what, Greenland or something? So it's a real mess."


https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-military-meeting/



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Trump "horns in" on Hegseth's "comical" plan to lecture top command on "warrior culture" (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday OP
Can hear generals cursing now. It's like corporate team-building that takes one away from family for a cruddy meeting. Silent Type Monday #1
Lucky Generals get a two-fer C_U_L8R Monday #2
Or worse, they will demand loyalty oaths. johnnyfins Monday #6
..and "Look who's talking." PCIntern Monday #3
Got a sneak peak at the speech! usonian Monday #4
He will give them the Repulican handbook on Suckers and Losers Champp Monday #5
"But for these damn bone spurs, I would have had six stars on my shoulder" JustABozoOnThisBus Monday #7
In addition our Secretary of War celebrates war crimes Johonny Monday #8

Silent Type

(11,288 posts)
1. Can hear generals cursing now. It's like corporate team-building that takes one away from family for a cruddy meeting.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:32 PM
Monday

C_U_L8R

(48,180 posts)
2. Lucky Generals get a two-fer
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:36 PM
Monday

Drunky McDrunkface and Commander Bonespurs will demand adoring photo-ops to fuel their social feeds

PCIntern

(27,650 posts)
3. ..and "Look who's talking."
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:36 PM
Monday

It’d be like a dental student lecturing me on how to practice. 😳

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,379 posts)
7. "But for these damn bone spurs, I would have had six stars on my shoulder"
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 02:26 PM
Monday

You three- and four-star generals, eat your hearts out.

Johonny

(24,791 posts)
8. In addition our Secretary of War celebrates war crimes
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:05 PM
Monday

And atrocities and believes punishing them is weakness, which is against the military code. Indeed, punishing war crimes is strength and shows thr military has their shit together. Meanwhile Pete is remotr bombing speedboats with God knows who is in them.

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