For all the rubbish and silly things this drunkard has done, there is one thing that he has done right, ie the sacking of the useless dinosaur DEI generals. This is one thing I agree with him. But he did it in a spur of the moment, without thinking about replacement, about having the right type of generals to keep the war machine going on and relevant to modern warfare.
The American war machine and the hoards of generals and their incestuous relationship with the Military Industrial Complex are like the automobile industry and the train system, all trapped by an outdated system, infrastructure and weight that would not allow them to change and keep pace with the changes in science and technology. They are too big, too deep set to continue chucking along like the dinosaurs, resistance to change, cannot adapt and waiting to go the dodo way. They are all opposed to change, not giving way to high speed train, to EVs and war technologies that have discarded the Rambo mentality and doctrines of commandos, green beret and special forces in modern warfare. Modern warfare is about technology, high tech, drones, missiles and specky nerds manipulating new technology, cheap and good, to win wars sitting in the comfort of airconditioned rooms. The kamikaze drones are braver and smarter than the special forces, no fear of danger and death, costing a few thousand dollars only, little maintenance, no morale issues, no need to be fed, expendable, no need rescue missions when downed.
The American armed forces are still living in the era of WW2, of aircraft carriers, heavy bombers, big guns and artillery that cost hundreds of millions, billions, a $1.5 trillion budget and growing by the days, with the generals and the Military Industrial Complex working in cahoot to fleece the Treasury and bankrupt the economy, through endless wars, through expending on expensive military hardware happily to fill the pockets of the MIC.
America is stuck with the war business instead of growing its economy for peaceful purposes. Maybe this is the self created interdependencies that they cannot extricate themselves out of it. No war means no one can line their own pockets. The American war machine and the dinosaur generals have one way to go, bury themselves in the hole they dug for themselves. Pete Hegseth is doing the right thing, sack them and rebuild a new armed forces, with new thinking, doctrines and technology. Caveat, this cannot happen overnight. It takes decades to clear the swamp and start anew. America does not have the privilege and resources to save itself, even if Pete Hegseth is successful in getting rid of the junkies and the stars. It would be easy as there will be no or little resistance, as the generals thought they have great jobs waiting for them in the MIC, and happily quit when sacked...with big paying jobs in waiting. The system is so corrupt that everything is controlled by the MIC for profits. The generals are like sheep, not military leaders, not commanders. They can be ordered around, kicked around, humiliated, scolded and sacked by a drunkard and a mad man in Washington. Can you believe that? No more pride and dignity as military commanders with stars on their shoulders.
Too late America. You have fallen asleep for too long and did not know the world has moved on. The nerds are better than your Rambos, Delta Forces, Special Forces meant for yesterday.
