Pete Hegseth tells top generals "prepare for war"

In the speech he said

"As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace are those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous. It ignores human nature and ignores human history. Either you protect your people and your sovereignty or you become subservient to something or someone. "

That sounds like an invitation for true patriots to "fix" the current administration.

The most dangerous person is the world, is one convinced of their own righteousness.
They love to talk tough about 2A, and the three boxes of freedom, and peace thru power, right up until someone takes them up on it.
- Four boxes of freedom. Soap box is frequently forgotten about. Soap box, jury box, ballot box, ammo box.
They literally renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War. How more explicit do we need them to be?
I sure hope some of the military try is a coup from the army be that bad at this point?
- Yes, it would be that bad. Please look at Myanmar right now. You do NOT want a Military Junta or a Military Dictatorship. You think civil liberties are being eroded quickly now?! Shiiiiit

My favourite bit of all of this.

The Defense Secretary pointed to his own regimen as an example. “It all starts with physical fitness and appearance,” he said. “If the Secretary of War can do regular, hard PT [physical training], so can every member of our joint force.”

“Today at my direction, every member of the joint force, at every rank, is required … [to] meet height and weight requirements twice a year every year,” Hegseth added.

Someone remind me what fat orange bag of festering mayonnaise if at the top of these joint forces. I forget his name. I don't really see him doing jumping jacks.

Why would a height requirement need to be checked twice a year?
- Doesn't make sense. Shorter soldiers have smaller hitboxes.
  Source: N64 Goldeneye Oddjob
- It sounds like dipshit thinks BMI is a good standard for fitness measurement
- Well apparently Trump is shrinking because he’s supposed to be 6’3”
No, this is a great idea. We should all get on Social Media and challenge the Snowflake-in-chief's ability to do the jumping jacks he is asking his troops to do. Taunt him with old videos of Jack LaLanne, since he seems stuck in the 80's culturally. With any luck, the problem will solve itself.
- He literally said he can't even walk without being careful so he doesn't fall down, and he's acused exercise of shortening the lifespan because you have a finite number of heartbeats or something. In other words, the troops are expendable because shortening their lifespans through exercise is perfectly acceptable. Some animals are more equal and all that.
There are fat service members in BCP that probably PT harder than any of these fucks in charge.
- I'm guessing Hegseth actually does workout regularly. It's part of his Master Race schtick. He likes to look good while showing off his white supremacy tattoos.
- He should challenge them to a fight on the Whitehouse lawn.
CIC Bonespurs?

So we're back to bombing for peace.

Like fucking for virginity.

Fuck these clowns. Vote. Every. Single. Election.

School boards and mayors and locals, too.

You’re assuming 2026 is happening.
- Why are you so eager to give up?
"I love peace. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it."
School boards... too.
As seen in another thread today, some podunk shithole town in Oklahoma just learned that the hard way, LOL!

And Congress authorized a war....when, exactly?

I guess you missed the memo. War is peace.
That's what the corporate settlement and bribery slush fund is for, who needs congress when you've got unlimited financial resources through corruption?
Congress hasn't had that power since before Bush, and even both of the democrat presidents since then have also authorizied military action without the approval of congress. Neither side realistically wants to change it, and they've all been capitalizing on it.
We've always been at war with
<insert whoever>

Um, they were already doing that. Pete, do you actually know what a military is for?

Those who will never see war in person sure like to push for more war.

Why don’t the Presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?
This is a recurring theme in human history.

God, I hope it’s the war on Christmas! I’ve been waiting so long for that!

That jolly red fucker is finally gonna get what's coming to him!

Considering everyone in the room knows the Commander in Chief wouldn't be able to pass the basic reading tests for recruits, I'd say this just doesn't hit home as well as they all hope it does.

Considering how dead silent the room apparently was, I'd say you are right.

"Preparing for war and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit. Not because we want war. No one here wants war. But it's because we love peace."

Somebody completely missed the point of Peacemaker.

Alright, then, sir, we hereby disquallify the commander in chief based on your orders untill such time that he has proven to us to meet a minimum of phyisical standards.

War against who?

War against who, motherfucker? 🪿

Venezuela, and anyone in the US who is to the left of Charlie Kirk.
- Maybe a little against Greenland (Denmark) and Canada too, as a treat.

Prepare for war with Americans, America.

Also we're not paying any of your soldiers starting tomorrow, good luck with morale while you prep unpaid men to commit war crimes again

So the military is going to do what they've been doing for decades. PT tests happen every six months already.

Saying it publically makes it sound like his idea.

I hope I can stay on top of that height requirement twice a year.

Hegseth: Be ready for war Trump: You can practice on our cities!

"From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: Warfighting,"

Honest, genuine question: would there be any point in this descent into fascism where you'd give up on this tactic?
I suppose I can still understand it at this stage: most conflict is still abroad, only 9 months in to the presidency, and the Epstein revelations are still fresh, but how long will you push this?
Will you still be shouting about Epstein once the first protestor is killed by ICE? What about after the first civilian doors are busted down? What about after trans people are definitively criminalized? What about after the first train is loaded up? What about after the first mass grave is discovered? What about after a few tens of thousands of Americans have been exterminated?
I'm not saying everything above is going to happen, but supposing they did, would you still be shouting Epstein? Because at this point, it appears as if you, along with the rest of the Epstein crowd, will be shouting about it regardless of however far we are into the fascist descent. I dont understand that.
- Agreed. I’ve said it before, at this point they could release video of Trump fucking kids and absolutely nothing would happen. We’re in the belly of the beast.
- Kudos for trying to engage, but I just look at the comment history and block if it's a series of Epstein images. It makes threads much more readable when I filter out all the people who never post an original thought
- I responded lower. There’s actually no point engaging with people who are so happy to bend over and do nothing.
  I’m sorry, the files will come out, there will be an uprising and he will be removed. And that will only be the start. You can screenshot your comment to show to your grandkids.
- I've asked similar things before. Not everything they do is to take focus away from Epstein. At this point I'm even convinced they don't give a shit. They know they could rape a kid on live tv, and absolutely fucking nothing would happen, because too many americans have been brainwashed. Half would say it's fake, and the other half would condemn "political violence" and call for the democrats to do something about it.
  As a european, I've never been fond of USA, but I have absolutely lost every last bit of faith in anyone getting off their ass, and actually doing anything, no matter what the fascists do.
Trump could have sex with little boys on live national TV and it wouldn't matter any more. I don't know why the old school democrats keep thinking this will solve anything.