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womanofthehills

(10,907 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:05 PM 17 hrs ago

Hegseth sounds like an unhinged madman.

Hegseth: "Death and destruction from the sky all day long. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"

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Hegseth sounds like an unhinged madman. (Original Post) womanofthehills 17 hrs ago OP

Same thing Putin tells his troops. Do whatever the hell you want to do. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #1

Sometimes when he is talking, I do a double take. yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #6

The MAGAs love this kind of "kill everyone" talk. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #8

Are you a sadist? yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #9

Trump surrounds himself with not too bright psychopaths. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #10

The destruction is the point. yellow dahlia 1 hr ago #13

You and I both talked about it some time ago. Irish_Dem 17 min ago #23

Always feeling like we're bracing for impact - it's not healthy. yellow dahlia 15 min ago #24

An evil piece of shit. Unfit to be human. spanone 17 hrs ago #2

THIS malaise 16 hrs ago #7

Rule No. 1 of Hegseth's Rules of Engagement: John1956PA 16 hrs ago #3

His latest word that makes him feel manly "warfighter" BlueWaveNeverEnd 16 hrs ago #4

Drunk orangecrush 16 hrs ago #5

Plus a testosterone steroid ketamine cocktail leftstreet 1 hr ago #19

The word "Warfighter" makes me want to Bettie 8 hrs ago #11

I feel sorry for people that share a religion with that asswipe. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 8 hrs ago #12

He sounds like a puffed up teenage boy trying to sound intimidating Prairie Gates 1 hr ago #14

THIS malaise 1 hr ago #16

Give the man some Everclear to calm him down. dalton99a 1 hr ago #15

Sounds like something out of Dr. Strangelove PatSeg 1 hr ago #17

You know, this portends poorly for any of our troops taken prisoner: PCIntern 1 hr ago #18

It's all designed for TV and an Audience of One. maxsolomon 1 hr ago #20

He sounds like that because he is that. MineralMan 56 min ago #21

He *IS* an unhinged mad man. Like most in this hideous nightmare administration. Initech 49 min ago #22

Irish_Dem

(80,776 posts)

1. Same thing Putin tells his troops. Do whatever the hell you want to do.

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:06 PM

17 hrs ago

Smash, kill, destroy everything in sight.

yellow dahlia

(5,548 posts)

6. Sometimes when he is talking, I do a double take.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:16 PM

16 hrs ago

Did he really say that?

And of course, there are plenty others in the take over who warrant a double take.

Irish_Dem

(80,776 posts)

8. The MAGAs love this kind of "kill everyone" talk.

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:19 PM

16 hrs ago

They get off on it.

And yes Trump and Hegseth love the attention.

yellow dahlia

(5,548 posts)

9. Are you a sadist?

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:22 PM

16 hrs ago

You too can be a Cabinet Secretary.

Irish_Dem

(80,776 posts)

10. Trump surrounds himself with not too bright psychopaths.

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:06 AM

9 hrs ago

Perfect for his crime syndicate designed to destroy and humiliate the US.

yellow dahlia

(5,548 posts)

13. The destruction is the point.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:22 AM

1 hr ago

I wrote a piece on DU, in December of 2024, predicting the court jesters would be in charge of the destruction.

As I recall, I underestimated how bad it would be. I need to find it.

Irish_Dem

(80,776 posts)

23. You and I both talked about it some time ago.

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:49 PM

17 min ago

And yes we both underestimated how bad it would be.

And it is only beginning now.

yellow dahlia

(5,548 posts)

24. Always feeling like we're bracing for impact - it's not healthy.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #23)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:51 PM

15 min ago

spanone

(141,344 posts)

2. An evil piece of shit. Unfit to be human.

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:07 PM

17 hrs ago

malaise

(295,130 posts)

7. THIS

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:17 PM

16 hrs ago

Madness and murder on steroids

John1956PA

(4,911 posts)

3. Rule No. 1 of Hegseth's Rules of Engagement:

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:10 PM

16 hrs ago

No. 1. "There are no rules."

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,834 posts)

4. His latest word that makes him feel manly "warfighter"

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:12 PM

16 hrs ago

Dept of war and all these aggressive phrases he used..he is mental, out of control

orangecrush

(29,869 posts)

5. Drunk

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:13 PM

16 hrs ago

leftstreet

(40,028 posts)

19. Plus a testosterone steroid ketamine cocktail

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:59 AM

1 hr ago

most likely

Bettie

(19,575 posts)

11. The word "Warfighter" makes me want to

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:33 AM

8 hrs ago

vomit. What the actual fuck?

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,976 posts)

12. I feel sorry for people that share a religion with that asswipe.

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:40 AM

8 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(7,820 posts)

14. He sounds like a puffed up teenage boy trying to sound intimidating

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:26 AM

1 hr ago

Loudmouth in the Cafeteria Type.

malaise

(295,130 posts)

16. THIS

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:27 AM

1 hr ago

Rec

dalton99a

(93,517 posts)

15. Give the man some Everclear to calm him down.

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:27 AM

1 hr ago

PatSeg

(53,025 posts)

17. Sounds like something out of Dr. Strangelove

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:39 AM

1 hr ago

This is madness.

PCIntern

(28,209 posts)

18. You know, this portends poorly for any of our troops taken prisoner:

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:55 AM

1 hr ago

“No rules? Ok we can play that way and we have a much more sophisticated manner of torture than you do. If you think the Hanoi Hilton was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet “.