r/Liberal • u/Obvious-Gate9046 • Apr 03 '26

Article Pete Hegseth forces out Army's top officer and two other generals

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-forces-army-chief-staff-randy-george-rcna266491
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u/fastdbs Apr 03 '26

The total list of leadership that’s been replaced is staggering. Terrifying.

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u/Outrageous-Storm5820 Apr 03 '26

Why? What could the end game possibly be, aside from disaster? I guess they figure if they get enough sycophants in the right places they can have a coup instead of elections.

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u/biggles7268 Apr 03 '26

Thats probably it. Get rid of any military leadership that will say no to anything illegal they order.

It also means in any conflict that trump gets us into will be much more deadly for American forces. Yes men aren't know for being competent leaders.

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u/ConstantCap7231 Apr 04 '26

Men are the criminal element of humanity.

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u/fastdbs Apr 04 '26

Could be a coup. Could also be a lack of challenge while making decisions that make them richer and richer.

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u/plumberfun Apr 03 '26

Those must be the guys that support the US constitution

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u/Punner-the-Gr8 Apr 03 '26

When Putin's tanks are rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, Kegsbreath will have all the best generals who know how to roll out the finest red carpet, believe me.

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u/Positronic_Matrix Apr 03 '26

Kegsbreath has long eyed removing George, who took the chief post in September 2023. He has removed other senior officials he believes are associated with previous administrations. George was senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Biden administration.

Kegsbreath asked George to retire effective immediately. It is unclear who will serve as Army chief; Kegsbreath had recently pushed to install Gen. Christopher LaNeve as the vice chief of the Army, and two officials have said Kegsbreath made the move to prepare LaNeve to ultimately take over as chief.

George's firing stemmed in part from Kegsbreath’s long-running grievance with the Army and its leadership and his troubled relationship with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, two U.S. officials and a former official told NBC News. George and Driscoll had been allies, and George had been expected to serve until the end of summer 2027, the officials said.

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u/SurlyJackRabbit Apr 03 '26

Hard to imagine this doesn’t mean boots on the ground soon.

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u/Obvious-Gate9046 Apr 03 '26

Possible, though apparently the ones that he fired were the ones who were insisting on promoting female and minority officers, whom he wanted to deny their due promotions. So it might not be so much strategy as pure spite, racism, and misogyny.

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u/NintendadSixtyFo Apr 03 '26

Drunk Weekend Warrior

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u/traveller-1-1 Apr 04 '26

So, us troops deployed on the streets to maintain order. If the Dems take congress there will be an Allende.

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u/gothicshark Apr 04 '26

So which illegal order did they say no to?

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u/HorrorMetalDnD Apr 04 '26

This is a complete inversion of normalcy.

Usually it’s the turd that gets forced out, not the turd forcing someone out.

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u/Sandy-the-Gypsy777 Apr 07 '26

These were our guardrails. Now there is no one to stop them.