Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/pentagon-report-pete-hegseth
Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/pentagon-report-pete-hegseth
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Pete Hegseth was appointed to his position for the sole purpose of weakening the U.S. military.
I mean is that in any way suprising? Are they supposed to admit to the chaos? What year is it? Who are we talking about.
Do better reporting.
“Pete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon’s top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit a Washington Post report that four generals and admirals had advised against prolonging the war in Iran.”
I mean, Pete, everyone with a half brain knew what these generals are saying.
I’m getting tired of all this winning
Why would this surprise anyone ?
Wow, who would’ve thought promoting unqualified sycophants to high ranking positions would have negative consequences?
i cannot believe our military personnel would blatantly disobey a direct order from a bonafide talk show host.
The Pentagon is probably also playing down how Pete Hegseth regularly has to blow on an Intoxalock device to start his car and keep it running every 30-60 min.
Gee, whatever happened to “politicians should listen to the generals?”
Apparently that’s another Republican “principle” that only applies to Democrats.
So, it’s OK with everyone that he will be starving the Navy ship that replaced the USS Lincoln? The supply route is nonexistent. Our middle east bases are destroyed.
Every senator who went along with this nomination should wear a scarlet letter for life when the investigations reveal how much damage he’s caused in one of the most consequential appointments
Other than every single intelligence report and planning group screaming that invading Iran was a terrible, generational mistake can you give an example?
No problem… who would you trust, accomplished career military professionals, or a drunken ex-Fox News host? #Make Alcohol Great Again !
Who played it down, his wife? Give me a break.
Nothing prepares you better to run a multi billion dollar military operation more than working weekends at Fox News.
No surprise really from another narcissist. Im sure he had something to do with the new report showing we killed a bunch more children in Iran when we sent 3 airburst PrSM’s to a neighborhood with seemingly no military targets and showered it with 10s of thousands of pre-formed tungsten pellets as is being reported. [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/xr7HPRVpxq)
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Kegsbreath: “You’re woke.”
A dumbass alcoholic failed officer who only got gimmie promotions calling the shots. Cool, cool.
Because his wealth of knowledge and experience as a Captain with no command time absolutely qualifies him to override career military professionals who spent their lives serving the country, rather than bailing like Kegsbreath did because he wasn’t progressing through the ranks as he thought he deserved. And let’s not forget he seeks permission from his wife before he makes any decisions, cause that’s a good thing, right?!
He did manage to get a promotion in the Ready Reserve, after he had separated, simply by reaching a certain time stamp.
So he was able to transition to FOX propaganda network as a military analyst, haha that’s a joke.
Let’s not forget the previous Sec. Def.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin
Served since 1975, rose to the rank of general, tons of accomplishments, highly respected leader.
This incompetent moron must go at all costs. He presents a clear and present danger to our National Security and Defense!
Whiskeydick Kegsbreath not doing his job properly? I’m shocked. Shocked!
It doesn’t count if he was drunk at the time, right?
Hes not responsible for the chaos, Republican Senators are. They’re the ones who put that moron in power and continue to let him do it.
He’s solely responsible.
Every day this clown shows why he was passed over for company command.
Not surprising, he knows nothing about the military. Trump nominated him because he thinks Pete is good-looking, because he saw one airbrushed photo. For real!
A truly good leader listens to their experts and specialists.
It would be funny if it wasn’t costing lives and ruining the world.
Hegseth knows more than the military because you know… the US is winning the war against Iran. Right? RIGHT??
Yet the Sec of the Army stepped down. Hmmmm
This is how you lose. Thinking you know more than the experts because of ego and whiskey.
What what you get with DUI hiring practices
Whiskey Pete is the epitome of an armchair quarterback who used to watch world affairs in the news and say, “I can do better than that.” He convinced Trump that he knew what he was talking about, and now we’ve got the least qualified person as SECDEF. Every soldier’s death, every US base destroyed, every wasted cent of defense spending is thanks to this no-talent, weekend warrior who rose to the rank of major in the National Guard, who thinks he has more experience and knowledge than his predecessor, retired four-star General Lloyd Austin. Fuck you, Pete; no one respects you or your ‘warrior ethos.’
I would think it would be obvious after the events which have taken place.