• leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
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    5 hours ago

    “I am directing the Secretary of the Army to implement a comprehensive transformation strategy, streamline its force structure, eliminate wasteful spending, reform…”

    lol

  • luciferofastora@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    There’s a nice series by a military historian examining the whole “warrior” concept throughout history, capping off with commentary on just what that means for the present and why the “Cult of the Badass” is such a horrible, concerning thing.

    Keg-seth is a problem for so many reasons, and his Warrior obsession is a big one.

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    8 hours ago

    Are there any queers in the theater army tonight?
    Get them up against the wall
    There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me
    Get him up against the wall
    That one looks Jewish!
    And that one’s a coon!
    Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
    There’s one smoking a joint!
    And another with spots!
    If I had my way
    I’d have all of you shot!

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    12 hours ago

    its interesting how this was reported in the Australian press, selective quoting, this is from the AFR, the Aus. equivalent of the WSJ, just a complete misquote…

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    18 hours ago

    Anyone seen the video of this douche bag trying to do a workout with the army. By workout, I mean essentially calisthenics. The guy looks like an absolute moron with the side steps.

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      17 hours ago

      What really gets me about those clips is he posted them! This wasn’t some leaked video. He saw that and thought it looked badass.

      I regularly ask myself how much they believe their own bullshit. For a long time I thought they didn’t but Hegseth might actually be that clueless.

  • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Outrage about woke is 2023

    Even MAGA has woken up to it being the great con played upon them

    This bloke is like a tiktok streamer playing the role of defence secretary from a 1980s action movie

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Well I might be a fattie freaky weirdo beardo, but I saw you lift weights and, well, that’s it.