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I can't understand how someone like that got into such a position.
by tweakimp 1y ago
I can't understand how someone like that got into such a position.
- moomin 1y agoWell, to explain that properly, I’m going to need to explain the Southern Strategy and how that and subsequent efforts helped transform the party of Lincoln into the party of Pete Hegseth and Michael Brown.
- Tepix 1y agoWell, he has zero experience in administrative positions. Here's a quote by Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), who voted against his nomination: "Effective management of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel, an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world is a daily test with staggering consequences for the security of the American people and our global interests," the senator said. "Mr. Hegseth has failed, as yet, to demonstrate that he will pass this test. But as he assumes office, the consequences of failure are as high as they have ever been."
- le-mark 1y agoGood old “let the courts handle it” Mitch. This is his doing, a direct consequence of his lack of principle.
- zero-sharp 1y agoToo late for that
- petesergeant 1y agoEverything old is new again: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/cartoon/2012/mar/16/1 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/cartoon/2012/mar/16...
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoFailing checks and balances, and the wrong elected representatives given the power to put someone in that position. The current US administration was years in the making.
- bgwalter 1y ago[Deleted, political discussions are impossible.]
- Spooky23 1y agolol.
- sofixa 1y ago> Dragging the EU into the Ukraine war What are you talking about, most EU member states have been a part of it from day 1. Per capita and per GDP some of them have contributed more than the US.
- ashoeafoot 1y agoExisting in the same universe as russia gets you dragged into this war
- abm53 1y agoI’m not sure how this relates to the point raised.
- bgwalter 1y agoThe question was why Hegseth got into that position. The now deleted comment speculated, perhaps in a clumsy fashion, why polarizing, incompetent but loyal figures can be useful for a permanent bureaucracy to achieve its long term goals. The fact that the figures are polarizing helps, because everyone focuses on the person and not on what is actually happening. Note that this is speculation, because we do not have full information.
- scyzoryk_xyz 1y agoWe weren't 'dragged' into the Ukraine war. We watched an invasion, we saw refugees arrive in our society, we sent resources to help, we are watching war crimes and we now count Ukrainians amongst us. Our systems were taken by surprise and have taken time to respond. But the previous administration's policy was one of alliances and diplomacy and not intimidation or force. The EU has it's own agency and it is a perfectly good thing for us to 'take over'. And that guy is a cable show host.
- whizzter 1y agoThat's what the rest of the world wondered in November 2016 and 2024.
- TwoNineA 1y agoAs a canuk, I was anxious a little bit when orange man kept blathering about annexing Canada, but now seeing how uttery incompetent this administration is, my anxiety died down.
- exe34 1y agosadly they haven't replaced all the competent people yet, so I'm afraid they can still do a lot of damage. but thankfully they're working their way through the list.
- int_19h 1y agoUnfortunately, incompetents can still do plenty of harm with sufficient power at their hands. Russian invasion of Ukraine is a good example, and the power disparity was smaller there than between US and Canada.
- thrance 1y ago[flagged]
- crispyambulance 1y agoI can't understand how someone like that got into such a position. It was deliberate. President Stable Genius wants a loyal "yes man" in that critical position. The Fox new host was it. Competence and continuity are not important for what the administration is doing. If Hegseth gets cut-out, someone equally ridiculous will be chosen to fill that role.
- acdha 1y ago[flagged]
- nickdothutton 1y agoThe entire UK is "governed" (and I use the term loosely) via a series of WhatsApp groups. This is where we are at.
- breppp 1y agoNot the only country by the way. The issue here is classic shadow IT, the respective military/agencies are unable to supply anything as portable and usable as a mobile phone for classified communications. Governments are simply run the same way businesses are now run
- esseph 1y agoYou misunderstand. It's not because it's harder to use. It's because it's recorded that they aren't using it.
- breppp 1y agoI understood, however I do not agree. The signal chat did not have anything that someone would try to hide. People want easy things, they want to manage an air strike using their mobile phone from their bedroom. They don't want to sit in their office for that or use some hardened government issued device that is older, uglier and an extra brick to take along, with no real support of IM (my assumptions on DoD devices)
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- esseph 1y ago"people want" This is a fucking job with requirements. It's like being a doctor and ignoring the "do no harm" part. This is a job where people get killed, sometimes in large numbers. If a clown is at the helm, they are liability to them self and others and should be... forcibly removed.
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