Hegseth Puts Us All at Risk

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/26/hegseth-puts-us-all-at-risk/


Hegseth Puts Us All at Risk

September 26, 2025 at 3:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

Timothy Snyder: “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.”

[Irish_Dem]

1. Even with a nuclear strike the entire US military command would not be eliminated.

There would be some high ranking officers left to take charge.

[niyad]

4. You don't see a problem with a possible elimination of the entire top tier

of leadership? Seriously?

[Irish_Dem]

5. You have misunderstood my post.

My point is that Hegseth is worse than a nuclear strike.

Hegseth is putting the ENTIRE top US military command at risk.
Every single one of them.

I am saying even in a nuclear strike the entire command would not be taken out.
That is why what Hegseth is doing is even worse than a nuclear strike.

[niyad]

8. Ah, thank you, and of course you are correct. My apologies. Clearly not enough caffeine yet.

[snowybirdie]

2. As I mentionred

earlier. All those top military people in the same room is a good time to get together and plan a coup against the those in power.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Hegseth will keep them busy with lie detector tests and loyalty oaths.

[IronLionZion]

3. The Signal chat fellow is all about risk

these are the things that happen when qualified people are fired for "DEI" and replaced with DUI people. Maybe he'll order a round of shots at the bar.

I recently watched The Penguin and thought of this scene.

[EarthFirst]

7. They flaunt their folly in such outrageous fashion...

…take the Kirk memorial. 4 of the top 5 officials in the line of succession were in attendance with the POTUS/VP.

Their narcissism is so extreme; they believe that they are so well-regarded that such a national security concern is beyond conceivable.

The level of disregard is quite remarkable.

[niyad]

9. You made a sobering point that had not even occurred to me, as I was trying

to pay as little attention to that obscenity as possible.

[GreenWave]

11. And even if the top tier is taken out, so to speak,

their loyalties are to the Trump Criminal Organization, not the USA.

[harumph]

10. Hegseth is fucking idiotic and so over his skis, the mind balks at any further explanation for his actions.

He is a menace to all citizenry whether blue, red, purple. I've been thinking about a blues song with the line
"...there's more than one reason I'm blue."