Summary
Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News presenter with minimal managerial experience, as defense secretary has stunned the Pentagon.
Hegseth has been a vocal critic of the military, calling for a purge of generals and questioning the appointment of Gen. Charles Brown as chair of the joint chiefs of staff.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
Let me know, protest abstainers, when it sinks in how fucked palestinians are.
Yea, anyone who didn’t know that Trump’s immediate policy would be to glass Gaza is a fucking idiot. He was extremely transparent about it.
His son in law Jared kushner is a practicing orthodox jew, and his daughter Ivanka literally converted to Judaism for him. They are both practicing orthodox jews, check Kushners wiki.
This is the daughter trump adores. Anyone supporting Palestine who voted trump or didn’t vote is an idiot.
Orthodox Jews, while being more likely than the other major branches of Judaism to be conservative and support expansionist and oppressive Zionism, do not inherently hold that belief. There are sects of ultra-orthodox Jews that are hardline anti-Zionists. Don’t make the mistake of conflating religious belief with support for Israel in general or Israel’s genocide specifically.
Kushner and Ivanka probably do, but because they’re just shitty people, not automatically because they’re religious.
check Kushners wiki.
It is bad enough they will ruin the world, I would rather not have to learn the lore.
Can’t call them idiots though
They just pulled the only lever they had
“I thought ‘finish the job’ meant peace!”
They are just looking for a solution that is permanent, final if you will.
Are any Palestinians even still going to be alive come January?
The State Department said on Tuesday that it did not plan to decrease weapons aid to Israel, as a 30-day deadline set by the Biden administration passed without the country substantially improving the humanitarian situation in war-devastated Gaza.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/politics/israel-weapons-gaza-aid.html
Yes. As bad as it is now, not everyone is projected to be dead.
-The next US ambassador to Israel
The new temple will be the seat of the world government headed by the Antichrist. That’s why far-right evangelicals want to rebuild it. You’d think he’d be able to just do it himself after conquering the world. And of course, the outcome of the final battle between God and Satan is actually uncertain.
Someone from an Arab group was saying on the radio that they basically didn’t care if it meant more deaths in Gaza if they encouraged their members not to vote for Harris, they would blame the Democrats… That’s some twisted logic if I’ve ever seen it.
They’re bound for Paradise
By the time that happens they’ll find another single issue to focus their energy on.
Oh ye Biden was really making a difference. Stop pretending the dems are materially different on this even if the re less blunt.
So it hasn’t sunk in yet. Got it. TTM in the spring and we’ll see if you still think like this.
Are you living under a fucking rock?
Palestinians are already fucked. They are literally going through a genocide. There is no worse outcome.
It doesn’t get worse under Trump, it’s the same under Trump. Just as Biden continued Trumps other Israel bullshit. Birds of a feather massacre together.
Palestinians are already fucked. They are literally going through a genocide. There is no worse outcome.
Ah yes, the two states of existence, genocide, and not-genocide. That’s why the genocide, which has been going on for near two-decades now, is no more urgent today than it was in September of last year.
I hate that idea. It was genocide when the Nazis were putting Jews in ghettos, it was genocide when Nazis were putting them in labor camps, it was genocide when they decided on the Final Solution and started putting them in the gas chambers.
Genocide can get worse. People who say that it can’t are coming from such a ridiculous position of privilege that they will never understand suffering.
Pug I usually respect your takes, but this isn’t one of them.
For nearly a century it’s been a state of apartheid, the genocide in earnest started after oct. The UN and many other institutions have raised huge concerns over it.
It feels like you’re just trying to downplay what Palestinians are actively going through under Biden to push on the angle of Trump being worse. Honestly it reeks of genocide denial, which I suspect wasn’t your intent.
It feels like you’re just trying to downplay what Palestinians are actively going through under Biden to push on the angle of Trump being worse.
“Palestinians are being genocided, but that doesn’t mean that the genocide can’t happen faster or in a more bloody manner”
“I think you’re just trying to downplay what Palestinians are going through under Biden”
???
For nearly a century it’s been a state of apartheid, the genocide in earnest started after oct.
No. It really didn’t start in October.
The UN and many other institutions have raised huge concerns over it.
Yes, they have, and rightfully so. The escalation of the genocide to where it is now is a major atrocity, beyond where the genocide was before.
Don’t be fooled for a single fucking second that this is as bad as it gets.
Exactly, it’s such a bizarre statement. It’s like saying ghettoes and the holocaust were the same thing.
I’m also guessing that the people in Gaza who are still alive think that it could definitely get worse. What with them not being dead yet.
Can we at least call it Super Genocide?
If there is one truth about humanity it is this - there is always a worse option.
Biden was pushing for a peace treaty. Trump is going to glass the whole place and build seaside resorts.
Biden was pushing for a peace treaty by sending them guns, money, and assurances that the US would attack anyone who resisted?
Yeah right and McDonalds is a health food company because they offer a salad.
The United States has shipped Munitions and weapons to Israel for decades. It didn’t magically become about genocide just because you pretend it did. I would absolutely argue that we should reconsider or slow down or hold off on sending them more. But that wouldn’t have stopped anything. And it would be foolish to think otherwise. And yet there are still so many fools.
Let’s play a fantasy game for a moment. Biden cancels all future arms shipments to Israel. You’re happy and the situation is now resolved right? The zionists in the house and send it would never unanimously override his veto. And just continue those shipments. Then he would have burned any political Capital he had for negotiations and goodwill. Leaving us with less chance to stop it than before. And only empowering Netanyahu and the ghoulish zionists.
This fantasy black and white thinking is a curse. That you and so many others are so terminally online. Getting high on your own supply of passing this rhetoric back and forth that you believe it. Sometimes things are complicated and have nuance. But what’s the point of nuance when you can just virtue signal for nothing and get nothing in return. You won. The Biden ministration nor the Harris administration will be sending any more arms or support to Israel after january. And no one will be arguing for a ceasefire either. Everyone is saved. And you certainly weren’t played a fool. Congratulations.
There is no worse outcome.
Trump Administration: challenge accepted
There is no worse outcome
Let’s save that comment so we can revisit in 2025 shall we?
I wonder how many thousands of pentagon people voted for trump.
You better worry about how many will obey when he orders them to be used on American soil.
Anyone who’s been on a military base should be very worried about that answer. It’s Fox News 24/7, in both recreational and professional areas.
More than half
Placing people in positions of power based on personal loyalty over competence. This is how dictators secure their power. It also usually completely cripples the country’s ability to function at every level but the dictators don’t care about that.
Do you want cheap eggs or not
This is a pretty outstanding Dipshit Move, even by the standards of Trump. And a good 90% of his actions seem stupid to the point of being actively malicious anyways.
The stunning has only begun.
Y’all better have some contingency plans in place to prevent him for doing well…anything
Eh, the military will probably coup before submitting to Stalin-esque purges.
That isn’t a particularly good thing. Coups are like Lay’s and Pringles… You can’t just have one and once you pop you just can’t stop.
Yeah, I’m trying to think of a recent (<100y) example that didn’t result in a junta or other coups, and I’m drawing a blank.
Gorbachev purging the Soviet military.
I don’t think that’s really a coup — if anything it’s the same as what Trump wants to do, but unlike Mr. Pizza Hut he isn’t on the right side of history.
I interpreted you as saying that you couldn’t think of a mass purge that didn’t result in a junta or other coups.
I was thinking (and presumably xmunk too) of scenarios where the military overthrows the government.
There are lots of examples of purges not resulting in coups, including the most famous purger of recent times, Stalin.
I was thinking (and presumably xmunk too) of scenarios where the military overthrows the government.
Ah
No because he has already said when he becomes President he is going to create a task force that will basically clean house in the military of any ranking people that are not ‘yes men’
He is wanting to create a North Korea/Russia style military that is only there to agree with him.
This is an insane take. No, the military isn’t going to coup over this. If the generals were getting executed, perhaps, but they’re just being retired or shuffled off to other duties.
We definitely have plans, big plans. Big massive contingency plans. Well, I can’t really describe them right now, because they’re so big. It’s really more like concepts, but check back in 2 weeks.
Why the fuck would a good candidate for Secretary of Defense have any serious opinion on foreign policy.
Don’t miss that red flag among all the others.
Trumpets don’t value knowledge. They value commitment and loyalty and the ability to blame others.
Russia’s investment really paying off!
They said russia lost the cold war. Well when america is sold for scraps to putin, who is the winner then?
Put in a clown, you get a fucking circus.
If that stuns you…just wait. The next 4 maybe more years should be VERY stunning.
Oh man, you guys are fucked!
Nice job dumbfuckmericans
He is only a Major in the national guard. WAY under qualified. This is a job for a general officer. Seasoned O6 at the bare minimum
It’s a civilian job and most SecDefs weren’t generals. A lot weren’t even in the military. They tend to not be foxnews fuckwits though.
A lot weren’t even in the military.
The vast majority were, at least recent ones.
And at least one star, I believe.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
BUT AT LEAST THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED A LESSON RIGHT LEFTISTS???
Harriet Miers is smiling.
