“It’s about getting the horses into the stable and whipping them into shape,” an anonymous defense official told the outlet. “And the guys with the stars on their shoulders make for a better audience from an optics standpoint. This is a showcase for Hegseth to tell them: Get on board, or potentially have your career shortened.”
The meeting announcement was sudden and ambiguous, and will pull these senior military leaders away from their previous assignments.
Hegesth’s “warrior ethos” hinges on his belief that the military is too woke. He is expected to use Tuesday’s meeting to go over new fitness and grooming standards for officers.
I can totally see that as the actual reason. It’s stupid, it’s incompetent, it’s fascist, and it’s totally self-serving for (in this case) Drinky Pete.
Oh, it’s definitely the case. There’s new beard rules (i.e., no more beards), and one of my employees is thinking about letting his reserve contract end over it because he can’t get a medical exemption (he has a skin condition). He was planning to stay on until pension retirement, until this idiot took over.
I can totally see that as the actual reason. It’s stupid, it’s incompetent, it’s fascist, and it’s totally self-serving for (in this case) Drinky Pete.
Oh, it’s definitely the case. There’s new beard rules (i.e., no more beards), and one of my employees is thinking about letting his reserve contract end over it because he can’t get a medical exemption (he has a skin condition). He was planning to stay on until pension retirement, until this idiot took over.