Military Leaders Seriously Alarmed by Hegseth’s New Defense Strategy
On Monday, career military officials expressed serious discomfort concerning the overhaul of the defense secretary Pete Hegseth to the Pentagon priorities. Tuesday, Hegseth validated all these fears to his military summit in Virginia.
The Washington Post reported The fact that Hegseth hides longtime American allies has alienated the seniors of the Pentagon for a long time, while Hegseth moves to draw resources from Ukraine and Europe while Russia continues to attack. Hegseth also favors domestic threats of “the enemy insideRather than focusing on China’s deterrence as senior officials would prefer.
Even the loyalist of the Trump, General Dan “Razin” Caine, expressed his dissatisfaction with certain decisions of Hegseth, in particular his deployment of Trump “America First, Peace Through Strength »National Defense Strategy. The initial strategy project was greeted by a generalized disapproval, which is rare.
“He gave Hegseth very frank comments,” said an anonymous source. “I don’t know if Hegseth even understands the extent of the ND, that’s why I think Caine tried so hard.”
On Tuesday, Hegseth doubled his pro-war approach from the Ministry of Defense.
“While history teaches us, the only people who really deserve peace are those who are ready to wage war to defend it. This is why pacifism is so naive and dangerous,” HegSeth said during his great military summit on Tuesday morning. “Either you protect your people and your sovereignty, or you will be subject to something or someone. It’s a truth as old as time. ”
All this comes, because Hegseth promises a 20% reduction in the number of four -star generals and admirals.
Chaos followed Hegseth for most of its career, alcoholism allegations, infidelity. His commitment to this “warrior ethics” is one more to come, and the generals left – even if they do not support it – are powerless to stop it.
