Um, they were already doing that. Pete, do you actually know what a military is for?
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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?
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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
Not just Hegseth. The US military has always used BMI as part of fitness standards.
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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.
"A Nazi worked out today; did you?”
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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.
"I love peace. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it."
You’re assuming 2026 is happening.
Why are you so eager to give up?
I am medical. If people start shooting each other (more than they are already) I know my role already.
In terms of everything currently happening, every time someone says “vote” that feels like giving up in the right now while no election is happening. “Vote” says: just wait. Go sit down and wait. Take a nap, even, just wait. None of this matters, we’ll just “vote” later. There’s no action to be had, go read a book or something.
I’m not the one professing a “give up” strategy here.
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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?
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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.
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.
God, I hope it’s the war on Christmas! I’ve been waiting so long for that!
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"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.
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.
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I hope I can stay on top of that height requirement twice a year.
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