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MineralMan

(150,685 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:00 AM Sep 2025

That Was It? That Was Worth Flying in Generals For?

No, I can't imagine that. Headline:

Boy Secretary of War Lectures Seasoned Senior Military Officers.

There's going to be massive head shaking going on after this one.

How much did we spend for this, I wonder?

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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
1. Greasy haired dry drunk w large christo-fascist tattoos lectures top brass about deportment and looks. . . . nt
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:02 AM
Sep 2025

Srkdqltr

(9,404 posts)
3. Wouldn't it be something if they all turned in their resignations as they left? Did you ever see so many bald heads
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:03 AM
Sep 2025

in one place?

haele

(15,110 posts)
4. About $10k - $15k per attendant
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:07 AM
Sep 2025

A secure TEAMS call in a conference room would have cost around $100 per attendant for the resources and the hour of work wasted.
But being there ensured the officer isn't putting the important talking down to by the "SecWAR" in the background while doing something else, like, having the daily SITREP discussions on what to do about the latest Chinese, North Korean, or Iranian proxy movements, or other trivia like that...

haele

(15,110 posts)
12. Yes it is.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:24 AM
Sep 2025

But it's all about what's important to him, because my guess is that he's never had to take responsibility or really pay for anything in his life, so he has no clue what it means to have to manage resources or budget.
He acts like he belongs to the plantation owner class.
The most important thing about this meeting is that he proved he could jerk around all the Flag Officers who are potentially dissing him behind his back.
One or two million dollars is worth that ego-boo to him.

johnnyfins

(3,482 posts)
6. That is the meeting that we are hearing about
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:13 AM
Sep 2025

Might there be another one, or multiple, that are "classified".?

MineralMan

(150,685 posts)
9. I don't think so. I think that was it.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:19 AM
Sep 2025

Trump has moved on to some Executive orders later today, and Hegseth is going back to his office to polish up his tattoos, I understand.

Deus Vult, Goddamn it!

lastlib

(27,608 posts)
7. Fuck. Kegbreath is a waste.....
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:15 AM
Sep 2025

....of perfectly good fecal material. WHY didn't his daddy let it run down his leg??

pfitz59

(12,344 posts)
13. Major Hegseth lecturing the Brass
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:38 AM
Sep 2025

cannot sit well. Will they finally refuse illegal orders?

MineralMan

(150,685 posts)
14. I don't know what they will do.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 09:40 AM
Sep 2025

Something, I hope. Even if it ends up just being a mass resignation.

SheilaAnn

(10,642 posts)
16. I think trump completely ruined Hegseth's day. Heg was getting too much attention and t couldn't have that. Just my opin
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:59 AM
Sep 2025
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