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Demovictory9

(35,957 posts) Mon May 26, 2025, 03:39 PM Monday

'Macho nonsense': Military expert calls out Pete Hegseth focus on 'warfighting'

https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-pentagon-2672208029/

A military expert dismissed defense secretary Pete Hegseth's focus on "warfighting" as "macho nonsense."

President Donald Trump tapped the combat veteran and former Fox News host as the U.S. military's civilian leader, but author Thomas Ricks published a column for Politico explaining that Hegseth doesn't seem to understand how to effectively conduct a war.

The three most important aspects to winning a war are producing the equipment needed to fight, getting those items to where they're needed and then training people to use that stuff, he said.

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'Macho nonsense': Military expert calls out Pete Hegseth focus on 'warfighting' (Original Post) Demovictory9 Monday OP

Really, especially considering that most of the wars fought these days include using a lot of drones Walleye Monday #1

"Warfighting" to Whiskey Pete means drinking, raping, slaughtering, pillaging, and burning down hovels. Midnight Writer Monday #2

Pete Hegseth hildegaard28 Monday #3

Soldiers win battles but logisticians win wars. TomSlick Monday #4

Walleye

(40,711 posts)

1. Really, especially considering that most of the wars fought these days include using a lot of drones

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Mon May 26, 2025, 03:43 PM

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Midnight Writer

(24,075 posts)

2. "Warfighting" to Whiskey Pete means drinking, raping, slaughtering, pillaging, and burning down hovels.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2025, 03:56 PM

Monday

You know, like in the Crusades.

hildegaard28

(508 posts)

3. Pete Hegseth

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Mon May 26, 2025, 04:54 PM

Monday

Would cry like a baby and scream for his mommy if he was ever in a real war. Plus, he would fall apart if he went there and found out there are no makeup rooms in a warzone.

TomSlick

(12,426 posts)

4. Soldiers win battles but logisticians win wars.

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Mon May 26, 2025, 08:47 PM

Monday

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