Pete "the Kid Major" Hegseth Is Going on a Firing Spree [View all]

I assume that the National Guard Major who drinks too much and has way too many tattoos has the blessing of our demented President in firing seasoned General officers willy-nilly recently. I have to assume that, because how else could he get away with such nonsense? He has even fired the chief chaplain, a well-liked black Baptist guy. Is he not fundamentalist enough?

The word "unprecedented" is not nearly enough to describe such behavior. What can it mean? The General staff of our nation's military must be scratching their collective heads and trying to make sense out of all this. To General officers, Majors are disposables. They do a lot of the scutwork in the military, but are not usually taken seriously as leaders. A few might make it the two more steps up to becoming Generals, but not many. They're the utility employees, replaceable on a moment's notice.

So, what the heck is going on in the Pentagon? Trump is either directing this upheaval or at least tolerating it. Are those who are being shit-canned people who might speak out against stupid orders from the POTUS? Might they be military leaders who would refuse illegal orders from the POTUS? Do they need to be removed so they cannot stand in his way should he decide to nuke Iran or do some other brainless, destructive thing with the military?

I definitely think that's a possibility here. And that is very worrisome, indeed.

What do you think?