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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “my way or the highway” message to hundreds of generals and admirals at a summit in Virginia last week has sparked fears that some top leaders may choose to bow out of the U.S. military entirely.

I believe that was the general idea.

1 posted on 10/07/2025 11:57:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep.


2 posted on 10/07/2025 11:58:45 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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"His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience"

Especially the values of the traitors to the United States of America!

3 posted on 10/07/2025 11:59:57 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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Were those 0bama’s or Biden’s generals?


4 posted on 10/07/2025 12:00:54 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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“Less restrictive rules of engagement” …….. FINALLY!!!!!


5 posted on 10/07/2025 12:00:55 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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“Fears”?

“Hopes”, on my part, if they are upset about Hegseth’s speech.


6 posted on 10/07/2025 12:01:28 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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What really ticked off the brass was Pete's new dictum: no stretch waist bands!

7 posted on 10/07/2025 12:01:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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Make it so.


8 posted on 10/07/2025 12:03:01 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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“I believe that was the general idea.”

Almost certainly!


10 posted on 10/07/2025 12:03:16 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182 ("Either we fight back or they will kill us" Elon Musk)
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Disgust? At their own slovenly statures? Bow away......


11 posted on 10/07/2025 12:04:26 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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“my way or the highway”

Im pretty certain he is within the rules of the UCMJ whereas many of their behaviors have not been

The Hill will never get that


12 posted on 10/07/2025 12:05:05 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel and former military lawyer who watched the speech, said of Hegseth.”

Perhaps Mr. Christensen is gay and engaging in wishful thinking.

Don’t ask, Don’t tell was the right and proper policy.


13 posted on 10/07/2025 12:07:10 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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An Air Force colonel lawyer is quoted as an expert?

This brings back the Dan Rather days when Rather and Mapes used an ignorant lieutenant clerk and an Army colonel who knew absolutely nothing of the Texas Air Guard as their two go-to experts on Bush’s service.


14 posted on 10/07/2025 12:07:34 PM PDT by oldbill
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A complete purge would have been better.


15 posted on 10/07/2025 12:09:08 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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I hope so...................


16 posted on 10/07/2025 12:10:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,”

Officers have one value, that is to support and defend the Constitution. They demonstrated other values to Obama and Biden.

If there is room at the top, that sounds fine to me.

17 posted on 10/07/2025 12:12:20 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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Yes, it was kind of the whole point, wasn't it. Being troubled by woke liberals leaving our military is a concept I cannot fathom.


18 posted on 10/07/2025 12:13:03 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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… some top leaders may choose to bow out of the U.S. military entirely.

Yes, that’s the plan.

19 posted on 10/07/2025 12:16:21 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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Am I the only one at least a little concerned that some may be leaving because they see a significant chance of a war with China, and they don’t want to be the Generals/Admirals in charge when that happens? Hegseth is making good changes, but reversing decades of Political Correctness will take time, and China may well see a window of opportunity closing, not getting wider.


20 posted on 10/07/2025 12:22:36 PM PDT by Pilsner
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They sure do get their panties all bunched up, don’t they?


21 posted on 10/07/2025 12:23:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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As there is already a desire in the administration to reduce the excessive population in the higher military grades, this would seem to be the point.


24 posted on 10/07/2025 12:29:38 PM PDT by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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