War Secretary Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals Sep 30 in Virginia

rambot · Thursday at 1:00 PM

MAybe he's going for one of these "classic meetings":

essentialsaltes · Thursday at 1:10 PM

I'm hoping they will enhance the virility and lethality of the brass with a mass beard and mustache shaving.

Paulos23 · Thursday at 1:22 PM

Yttrium said:
Congressional paychecks.

So we are back to the old English model, where the House of Commons and the House of Lords told the King how much he could spend, and the King did everything else.

Glad we are going back to such a tried and tested system.

/s

Oompa Loompa · Thursday at 1:31 PM

rambot said:
I LOVE how much Trump supporters on Christian Forums were directly saying they wanted a president that extricated America from conflict to save money.

Then they changed the name to the "War" Department and there is collective amnesia... or apathy.

Good for yweeeuuuu!

Desk trauma · Thursday at 1:42 PM

Paulos23 said:
What does Congress have any power over that they haven't given to the Executive?

The candy desk.

durangodawood · Thursday at 1:44 PM

That Guy 11200 said:
My guess is, they'll all have to stand up, one by one, and state the 10 things they love most about Trump. If they can't or won't they're fired.

Servus · Thursday at 6:05 PM

Probably another successful attempt to troll the left.

wing2000 · Thursday at 6:50 PM

Hegseth’s order, people familiar with the matter said, applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent, serving in command positions and their top enlisted advisers. Typically, each of these officers oversees hundreds or thousands of rank-and-file troops.

Brilliant. Did the secretary of war really think this through from a defense posture?

Richard T · Thursday at 6:51 PM

Yes, not only the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war but the Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973. The President as Commander in Chief can defend the USA in a temporary situation. Congress too can look the other way when the President prolongs a conflict like many did in Vietnam for a time. But the reality is that Congress is supposed to control spending and they can cut the purse strings anytime. It always is good to have Congress initiate or on board with things the executive branch does. Trump unilaterally executing vast policy changes will and should be checked. I think we will see it in the tariff ruling. Tilting power too much to the President is a scary proposition. While Trump might do things OK, certainly a future Pres. may not.
I should say too that the constitutionality of the War Powers Act is to an extent untried. So in reality the USA kind of wings it and if there is a big enough gripe about it then the Courts may decide to clarify the powers.

wing2000 · Thursday at 6:53 PM

caffeinated hermit said:
Are we going to war?

If we are going to war, this is the stupidest act one could take.

Richard T · Thursday at 7:02 PM

I am sure some wish that Iran or N. Korea had all their top military brass in one place. Seems stupid to announce the meeting. Hope they are covert and already plan to change the venue.

If i had to guess at least part of the content of the meeting, it could be about Trump's interpretation of military action according to the U.S. Constitution. An example would be how extrajudicial killings like the boats in the Carribbean can occur, or how troops can violate the Posse Comitatus Act. Maybe too Trump wants more leftists citizens, whom he labels terrorists put into prison camps. Even if no one talks, we will have hints by who quits.

Yttrium · Thursday at 10:19 PM

I'm going to guess that Hegseth will dress them down for being supportive of LGBT and tell them to scale back on the use of women in combat. He'll also probably stress the importance of supporting the wars against illegal immigrants and drug cartels.

rambot · Thursday at 11:17 PM

Oompa Loompa said:
Good for yweeeuuuu!

Collective amnesia it is.

Yeshua HaDerekh · Friday at 12:08 AM

Yttrium said:
I'm going to guess that Hegseth will dress them down for being supportive of LGBT and tell them to scale back on the use of women in combat. He'll also probably stress the importance of supporting the wars against illegal immigrants and drug cartels.

Could be the possiblity of a NATO/Poland/Russia conflict or Argentina. Gov shutdown is also possible on the same day.

Hans Blaster · Friday at 12:27 AM

Yttrium said:
I'm going to guess that Hegseth will dress them down for being supportive of LGBT and tell them to scale back on the use of women in combat. He'll also probably stress the importance of supporting the wars against illegal immigrants and drug cartels.

This meeting should have been an email.

Oompa Loompa · Friday at 12:38 AM

rambot said:
Collective amnesia it is.

Nope.

Pommer · Friday at 1:56 AM

wing2000 said:
Hegseth’s order, people familiar with the matter said, applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent, serving in command positions and their top enlisted advisers. Typically, each of these officers oversees hundreds or thousands of rank-and-file troops.

Brilliant. Did the secretary of war really think this through from a defense posture?

Leaving all areas of defense in the hands of underlings for a couple days shouldn’t “hurt” anything.

Nithavela · Friday at 3:40 AM

durangodawood said:

Let's hope that the traitor who stopped clapping first got his just punishment.

Desk trauma · Friday at 5:49 AM

Hans Blaster said:
This meeting should have been an email.

I prefer the construction trash take on that saying: this meeting could have been a fistfight.

Desk trauma · Friday at 5:50 AM

Pommer said:
Leaving all areas of defense in the hands of underlings for a couple days shouldn’t “hurt” anything.

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