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womanofthehills

(10,920 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:05 PM Wednesday

Hegseth sounds like an unhinged madman.

Hegseth: "Death and destruction from the sky all day long. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"


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Hegseth sounds like an unhinged madman. (Original Post) womanofthehills Wednesday OP
Same thing Putin tells his troops. Do whatever the hell you want to do. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
Sometimes when he is talking, I do a double take. yellow dahlia Wednesday #6
The MAGAs love this kind of "kill everyone" talk. Irish_Dem Wednesday #8
Are you a sadist? yellow dahlia Wednesday #9
Trump surrounds himself with not too bright psychopaths. Irish_Dem Thursday #10
The destruction is the point. yellow dahlia Thursday #13
You and I both talked about it some time ago. Irish_Dem Thursday #23
Always feeling like we're bracing for impact - it's not healthy. yellow dahlia Thursday #24
Yes it is creating PTSD in the American populace. Irish_Dem Thursday #25
Not docile or compliant...but tired. yellow dahlia Thursday #34
Exhaustion is part of the plan to wear us down. Irish_Dem Thursday #37
I found the piece I wrote in December 2024. yellow dahlia Thursday #35
I just read it, accurate and brilliant YD. Irish_Dem Thursday #38
When I read today for the first time in over a year, it felt eerie. yellow dahlia Thursday #39
Yes, do you think you can write one now to read in a year? Irish_Dem Thursday #40
Wow. That is a fascinating thought experiment. yellow dahlia Thursday #41
It hurts my brain to think about it. Irish_Dem Thursday #42
An evil piece of shit. Unfit to be human. spanone Wednesday #2
THIS malaise Wednesday #7
Rule No. 1 of Hegseth's Rules of Engagement: John1956PA Wednesday #3
His latest word that makes him feel manly "warfighter" BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #4
Drunk orangecrush Wednesday #5
Plus a testosterone steroid ketamine cocktail leftstreet Thursday #19
The word "Warfighter" makes me want to Bettie Thursday #11
I feel sorry for people that share a religion with that asswipe. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #12
He sounds like a puffed up teenage boy trying to sound intimidating Prairie Gates Thursday #14
THIS malaise Thursday #16
Give the man some Everclear to calm him down. dalton99a Thursday #15
Sounds like something out of Dr. Strangelove PatSeg Thursday #17
You know, this portends poorly for any of our troops taken prisoner: PCIntern Thursday #18
It's all designed for TV and an Audience of One. maxsolomon Thursday #20
He sounds like that because he is that. MineralMan Thursday #21
He *IS* an unhinged mad man. Like most in this hideous nightmare administration. Initech Thursday #22
Most in the Rapist regime sound that way. City Lights Thursday #26
FIFY Wiz Imp Thursday #27
He's a rapist just like Trump Blues Heron Thursday #28
He's an hysterical harpy with nasty shriek Torchlight Thursday #29
He is an unhinged madman. OLDMDDEM Thursday #30
Takes one to sound like one. C_U_L8R Thursday #31
I am surprised that he didn't come dressed as a caveman in furs, smashing his club against the floor in anger. SWBTATTReg Thursday #32
SecDef used to be largely a diplomatic position. There's no diplomacy in this administration. Walleye Thursday #33
He sounds like shanti Thursday #36

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
1. Same thing Putin tells his troops. Do whatever the hell you want to do.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:06 PM
Wednesday

Smash, kill, destroy everything in sight.

yellow dahlia

(5,572 posts)
6. Sometimes when he is talking, I do a double take.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:16 PM
Wednesday

Did he really say that?

And of course, there are plenty others in the take over who warrant a double take.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
8. The MAGAs love this kind of "kill everyone" talk.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:19 PM
Wednesday

They get off on it.

And yes Trump and Hegseth love the attention.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
10. Trump surrounds himself with not too bright psychopaths.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:06 AM
Thursday

Perfect for his crime syndicate designed to destroy and humiliate the US.

yellow dahlia

(5,572 posts)
13. The destruction is the point.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:22 AM
Thursday

I wrote a piece on DU, in December of 2024, predicting the court jesters would be in charge of the destruction.

As I recall, I underestimated how bad it would be. I need to find it.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
23. You and I both talked about it some time ago.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:49 PM
Thursday

And yes we both underestimated how bad it would be.

And it is only beginning now.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
25. Yes it is creating PTSD in the American populace.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:13 PM
Thursday

This is one of the goals of a brutal regime.
To create a docile and compliant population.

Hi YD
How are you doing?

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
37. Exhaustion is part of the plan to wear us down.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:42 PM
Thursday

In many dictatorships people are too tired, too hungry, too busy to rebel.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
38. I just read it, accurate and brilliant YD.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:47 PM
Thursday

You knew what was going to happen.
You spelled it out.

But reality has turned out even worse than we could have imagined.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
40. Yes, do you think you can write one now to read in a year?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:22 PM
Thursday

Or will it blow your mind and everyone who reads it?

Or perhaps we can no longer even guess at the future.

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
42. It hurts my brain to think about it.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:54 PM
Thursday

And I am at a loss for words if I had to write it.

And that hardly ever happens.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,871 posts)
4. His latest word that makes him feel manly "warfighter"
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:12 PM
Wednesday

Dept of war and all these aggressive phrases he used..he is mental, out of control

Prairie Gates

(7,851 posts)
14. He sounds like a puffed up teenage boy trying to sound intimidating
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:26 AM
Thursday

Loudmouth in the Cafeteria Type.

PCIntern

(28,221 posts)
18. You know, this portends poorly for any of our troops taken prisoner:
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:55 AM
Thursday

“No rules? Ok we can play that way and we have a much more sophisticated manner of torture than you do. If you think the Hanoi Hilton was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet “.

maxsolomon

(38,535 posts)
20. It's all designed for TV and an Audience of One.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:06 PM
Thursday

How they'll preen and crow about this war - for the rest of our lives.

City Lights

(25,658 posts)
26. Most in the Rapist regime sound that way.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:16 PM
Thursday

It sickens me to hear all these "pro-life Christians" getting off on killing.

Torchlight

(6,702 posts)
29. He's an hysterical harpy with nasty shriek
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:26 PM
Thursday

I can't take him any more seriously than I could one of the Three Stooges saying the exact same thing.

SWBTATTReg

(26,227 posts)
32. I am surprised that he didn't come dressed as a caveman in furs, smashing his club against the floor in anger.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:39 PM
Thursday

Walleye

(44,466 posts)
33. SecDef used to be largely a diplomatic position. There's no diplomacy in this administration.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:42 PM
Thursday

They don’t believe in it and it’s too difficult

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