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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 25 days ago

US army's top uniformed officer being removed is a clear sign that things are going well

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US army's top uniformed officer being removed is a clear sign that things are going well

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 25 days ago
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Hegseth asks the Army's top uniformed officer to step down while US wages war against Iran
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals as the U.S. wages a war against Iran.
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  • refolde [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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    Firing your generals and replacing them with sycophants doesn’t sound like a recipe for success, if you ask me.

    • casskaydee [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      Eh it’ll be fine probably

  • Maeve @lemmygrad.ml
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    They probably refused orders that were especially heinous.

    • red_giant [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Doubtful that morality took over. They would never have been promoted to that extent if that was their character.

      More likely, they see a ground invasion using just a few tens of thousands of troops as near suicidal.

      There was also recently a plan drawn up to take a ton of uranium from Iran and the plan demonstrated how infeasible the mission was.

      They’re being fired for pointing out how strategically hopeless the Iran war is.

      • SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Which is SOP in organizations ran by upwards failing idiots. He’s simply firing everybody who doesn’t nod along to his bullshit.

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        100%. you don’t get to be a general without knowing how to avoid landmines.

        whoever they get to execute the invasion (Operation: Epic Self Own) is going to be completely hung out to dry when it becomes a turkey shoot and its just boxes of mismatched and BBQ’d body parts coming back.

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    Fuhrer bunker shit

  • Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I mean with these dipshits I think it’s more likely that both the firings and the exceptionally poor performance share a common cause.

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