What is this Quantico Meeting-of-Generals all about?

[BonzaiDuck]

This sounds sinister.

 

[UNCjigga]

Alarm bells better be fucking ringing.

 

[nakedfrog]

Had to confirm it was real

 

[outriding]

Needed help finding his car car his bender from last night

Show he is a trough guy in front of trump to keep his job

Small penis syndrome

 

[Jaskalas]

Such a meeting at one location, would be a once in a lifetime opportunity for a foreign power to cripple our military.
Probably a few years too soon for it to be acted upon though.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's about to waste a bunch of time and resources to make a small man feel big.

 

[Brainonska511]

It's about to waste a bunch of time and resources to make a small man feel big.

No matter how much he tries, he'll always be some national guard weirdo who never made it far up the chain of command.

 

[Brainonska511]

Is this going to be the largest "this could have been an email"-meeting ever?

 

[K1052]

Is this going to be the largest "this could have been an email"-meeting ever?

When has anything actually happened at an all hands that wasn't this?

 

[sandorski]

Stepford Generals vs Alien Husks?

 

[K1052]

The odds of Hegseth having an accident on some visit probably just went up by like 500%.

https://bsky.app/profile/washingtonpost.com%2Fpost%2F3lzr3ezhfk727

 

[IronWing]

When does he assign party commissars to assist the officers in making good decisions?

 

[Muse]

Oh, get all the generals of the USA in one room, announced to the world in advance. What could go wrong? What an ignoramus!

Hegseth puts us all at risk

Why put all the American commanders in one room?

snyder.substack.com

My historian colleagues might correct me, but I do not think anyone at least in recent history has done what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is about to do: put all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room (next week, in Virginia) just to say something to them.

There is no practical reason to do this: he has easier and more secure ways to communicate with the commanders. And there are obvious risks: the entire armed forces of the United States, spread around the world, will be without its leaders. Given that the government could well shut down the next day, the separation of commanders from their command might be indefinite.

And if Hegseth has his way, those generals and admirals will all be in one site, announced in advance, which means that the entirety of the American command structure will be more vulnerable, physically, than in any conceivable military scenario, including nuclear war. There is no scenario other than this one in which they would all be in the same place at the same time.



So why might Secretary Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Only four solutions to the puzzle come to mind.

1. He has some trivial thing to say and does not understand the risks.
2. He wishes to endanger the lives of the generals and admirals.
3. He will stage a purge, perhaps involving a loyalty oath or something similar that requires personal presence.
4. He will tell the commanders that henceforth their assignment will be to oppress American citizens (“homeland defense”). This could be combined with the third scenario: those who refuse will be fired.

Perhaps others can think of other possibilities, but I am afraid that I cannot.

One might wonder why no effort was made to keep this secret. Perhaps Hegseth wants the senior officers to worry. Perhaps the news was shared because reasonable people in the Pentagon fear that the meeting is part of a plan to remake the American military as a domestic political police force. This would be in conjunction with other efforts, such as yesterday’s terror memo, to pursue regime change in the United States. Making known that there will be such a meeting is the one way to begin a conversation that might prevent its taking place, or at least alter its purpose.

 

[Brainonska511]

The odds of Hegseth having an accident on some visit probably just went up by like 500%.

https://bsky.app/profile/washingtonpost.com%2Fpost%2F3lzr3ezhfk727

Too bad they can't say "sorry boss, too busy doing real work."

 

[nakedfrog]

"I need you all to watch me jerk myself off on-stage, and then, and this is very important, I need you all to tell me what a magnificent job I did. Please maintain your salute until the flagpole has been lowered, or you will be shot."
What a fucking joke.

 

[Muse]

Too bad they can't say "sorry boss, too busy doing real work."

Well, we saw what happened to that paramilitary general who was shot out of the sky in Russia last year.

OK, wasn't last year it was August 2023: AI assistance:

The paramilitary general you are likely referring to is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group
. His business jet crashed in Russia in August 2023, not last year.

Key details about the crash:

• Who was killed: Prigozhin and other high-ranking Wagner commanders, including Dmitry Utkin, died when the jet crashed in the Tver region of Russia.
• Timeline: The crash occurred on August 23, 2023, exactly two months after Prigozhin led a short-lived armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership.
• Cause of crash: While the official Russian investigation did not confirm foul play, Western intelligence agencies concluded that the crash was caused by an intentional on-board explosion.
• Political context: The deaths of Prigozhin and other key Wagner leaders were widely seen as an assassination carried out in retribution for the mutiny, though the Kremlin has denied any involvement.

 

[nickqt]

Super Extra Warfighter Commander Hegseth should have all of the staff swear loyalty oaths live and on air.

 

[Muse]

Super Extra Warfighter Commander Hegseth should have all of the staff swear loyalty oaths live and on air.

One hand over their heart, the other raised to over-the-head level.

 

[MtnMan]

Gentlemen;
To leave this room, you must sign one of the two letters you will find in a folder at your seat.

• The first is a loyalty oath to Dear Leader, where you vow to obey his every little tantrum.
• The second is a letter where you resign your commission and forfeit your pension.

 

[sandorski]

Gentlemen;
To leave this room, you must sign one of the two letters you will find in a folder at your seat.

• The first is a loyalty oath to Dear Leader, where you vow to obey his every little tantrum.
• The second is a letter where you resign your commission and forfeit your pension.

Rip both in half and leave.

 

[Muse]

Gentlemen;
To leave this room, you must sign one of the two letters you will find in a folder at your seat.

• The first is a loyalty oath to Dear Leader, where you vow to obey his every little tantrum.
• The second is a letter where you resign your commission and forfeit your pension.

I have to wonder if there is not a subconscious fear in the administration of a military coup what with the nonstop outrageous goings-on of the first 8+ months.

 

[Artorias]

Seems like a green light for Russia to violate EU airspace again in a much more aggressive manner.

100% guarantee something will happen globally on that day with the top American leadership cut off from their divisions.

Basically waving a giant sign to all your enemies to go ahead do something and if somebody wanted to start WW3 it would be hell of a way to decapacitate America.

 

[nakedfrog]

Rip both in half and leave.

Secret third option, a terrible accident occurs and nobody managed to see just who or what exactly happened to Drinky the Fraud.

 

[MtnMan]

 

[allisolm]

I'm waiting for someone to figure out the cost to us of getting them all to VA and back.

Thinking about something I read today:

"I've got to stop saying 'How stupid can you be?' Too many people are taking it as a challenge."