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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,871 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:34 PM Thursday

"The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we're doing here," Mr Hegseth said.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/not-a-dumb-politically-correct-war-hegseth-sets-operation-epic-fury-apart-from-past-conflicts/video/a69af9abb86ab691713ebf92cfcecc77?amp=&nk=f9d2fe64adc676914e051de7201f4a44-1772764411

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claims Operation Epic Fury is different from the “dumb politically correct wars” of the past. “The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here,” Mr Hegseth said. “Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still.”

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claims Operation Epic Fury is different from the “dumb politically correct wars” of the past.

“The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here,” Mr Hegseth said.
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"The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we're doing here," Mr Hegseth said. (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday OP
Dead is still dead, no change there. Blues Heron Thursday #1
So they're now doing dumb, politically INCORRECT wars now? Tim S Thursday #2
He's insane MustLoveBeagles Thursday #3
Hegseth is addicted to macho posturing BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #6
Every time he opens his frickin' mouth he proves his unfitness for command at any level ms liberty Thursday #4
That makes zero sense leftstreet Thursday #5
Showing mercy to the weak, involving Black men, women BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #8
Conventional war? Culture war? War on Drugs? leftstreet Thursday #16
What the hell does that mean hibbing Thursday #7
.. BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #9
he doesn't have to explain it Skittles Thursday #15
I think he means war should have no rules. CanonRay Thursday #20
You know the PC Vietnam war Rafi Yesterday #24
He's talking about war crimes. They're coming. Tanuki Thursday #10
Long history Tanuki Thursday #13
Ah, that actually makes sense leftstreet Thursday #18
I don't get it kwolf68 Thursday #11
He doesn't understand that war crimes are defined to protect the soldier. haele Thursday #21
Who knew the band Slayer sang a song about this kwolf68 Thursday #12
Mr. Hegseth, you are batshit insane and you sound like a goddam Bond villain working for a Batman villain 0rganism Thursday #14
So...his opinion? purr-rat beauty Thursday #17
The entire US military seems to be run via his personal beliefs of religion, gender, race, politics BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #19
Here's the translation I come up with: B.See Thursday #22
So it IS a war. Iggo Thursday #23
This fascist asshole is still bitter he wasn't allowed to just murder ANYONE in Iraq he wanted to AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #25
Rape Whip-poor-will 22 hrs ago #27
...and often with. Iggo 10 hrs ago #28
Greaser clown Whip-poor-will 22 hrs ago #26
Said the man who welcomes the End Times. Baitball Blogger 10 hrs ago #29
Pete Hegseth is a NAZI turd. Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #30
He's on a manic high Blue_Roses 10 hrs ago #31
Roid rage I'm guessing MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #32
He is correct. None of our wars were a "Wag the Dog" and protect the PEDO. madinmaryland 10 hrs ago #33

Tim S

(191 posts)
2. So they're now doing dumb, politically INCORRECT wars now?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:37 PM
Thursday

Well, if we are going FULL opposite then they are doing smart, politically incorrect peace now?? Hey, *that* sounds like fun!

ms liberty

(11,160 posts)
4. Every time he opens his frickin' mouth he proves his unfitness for command at any level
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:40 PM
Thursday

Someone will frag that mf'er if they ever get the chance, and I don't care if they get him before our new Nuremburg trials do.

leftstreet

(40,092 posts)
16. Conventional war? Culture war? War on Drugs?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:57 PM
Thursday

rhetorical question of course

I think he's nutz

hibbing

(10,574 posts)
7. What the hell does that mean
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:41 PM
Thursday

What have been the politically correct dumb wars that you speak of?

Skittles

(170,976 posts)
15. he doesn't have to explain it
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:55 PM
Thursday

just those words are red meat to be fed to the rapid MAGAt base

Tanuki

(16,404 posts)
10. He's talking about war crimes. They're coming.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:46 PM
Thursday
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hegseth-insists-the-iran-conflict-is-not-iraq-and-is-not-endless

..."No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building quagmire, no democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives," Hegseth said.

Tanuki

(16,404 posts)
13. Long history
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:51 PM
Thursday
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/08/does-pete-hegseth-even-believe-that-war-crimes-exist

..."War crimes, particularly avoiding being held to account for them, have been the great defining cause of Hegseth’s career. Referring to the Geneva conventions against war crimes, Hegseth wrote that US soldiers “should not fight by rules written by dignified men in mahogany rooms eighty years ago”. In his book, he recounted his contempt for being briefed in Iraq by a Jag officer giving guidance about the rules of engagement, referring to the Jags as “jagoffs”. His company, Charlie company, took the name “Kill company”, and posted a whiteboard with the number of kills, the “kill board”, which tallied up dead civilians. Hegseth defended the commanding officer, who “did cross the line at certain times”, but was “an American hero and a trained warrior”, to the New Yorker in 2009.
....
On air, he was a strident advocate for the pardoning of three men convicted or accused of war crimes. Army Lt Clint Lorance had been convicted of second-degree murder for ordering his troops to fire on three unarmed Afghan men. Green Beret Maj Mathew Golsteyn was accused of killing an unarmed Afghan man he had detained and of burning his body. On Fox & Friends, Hegseth said: “If he committed premeditated murder then I did as well … Put us all in jail.”

Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher in particular had become a martyr figure among the Maga faithful. The charges against him described especially gruesome behavior. He was accused of stabbing a 17-year-old captive fighter in the neck, posing with him before the killing and his body afterward for a video and photos. Gallagher was also charged with shooting civilians, including an elderly man and a young girl, which he denied. Ultimately, Gallagher was convicted only of posing with the corpse. Hegseth lobbied for his and the others’ pardons, and featured Gallagher and Golsteyn, his band of brothers, on an hour-long special on Fox called Modern Warriors, where he touted Gallagher as a “war hero”. Trump granted three acts of clemency on 15 November 2019, the success of Hegseth’s advocacy."...(more)

kwolf68

(8,445 posts)
11. I don't get it
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:49 PM
Thursday

"dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here"

What the fuck is he saying? First of all, you gotta get rid of "politically correct" and start using "woke" Pete. You are so 2007. And again, what the hell does this even mean? A PC War? I am at a loss. Not only should these pieces of shit not be running government, they probably need to be put into an institution.

haele

(15,317 posts)
21. He doesn't understand that war crimes are defined to protect the soldier.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:26 PM
Thursday

Unless he's claiming that all war is supposed to be "no quarter/no surrender".

In that case, he doesn't care about what happens when his stupid "special forces wannabe" young 19 -21 year olds decide to piss off the village they're posted near by getting drunk, raping a couple young girls or shooting civilians at random and a whole platoon will get slaughtered.

The torture and killing of US mercenaries in Fallujia during Iraq II was a direct result of the war crimes they (and other US personnel) had committed against civilians.

Kegsbreath's mind is rotted with hate and fear. If you don't recognize the humanity of your opponent, your opponent is not going to respect yours.

kwolf68

(8,445 posts)
12. Who knew the band Slayer sang a song about this
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:51 PM
Thursday

Infiltration push reserves
Encircle the front lines
Supreme art of strategy
Playing on the minds
Bombard till submission
Take all to their graves
Indication of triumph:
The numbers that are dead

0rganism

(25,574 posts)
14. Mr. Hegseth, you are batshit insane and you sound like a goddam Bond villain working for a Batman villain
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:54 PM
Thursday

Reality is completely ditching my suspension of disbelief on a daily basis.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,871 posts)
19. The entire US military seems to be run via his personal beliefs of religion, gender, race, politics
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:00 PM
Thursday

B.See

(8,243 posts)
22. Here's the translation I come up with:
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:50 PM
Thursday

"We're now a fascist state under the thumb of a dictator, to whom Congress and the SC have abdicated their own worth and function, one answerable to NO ONE..

a kleptocracy hell bent on regime change and world domination, for power and PLUNDER, for as long as he wants to, Trunp said...

and replete with demonized others, hunted down, rounded up and sent to concentration camps where people, families, kids are kept in cages.

Seig heil, nazi mfkr.

AZJonnie

(3,554 posts)
25. This fascist asshole is still bitter he wasn't allowed to just murder ANYONE in Iraq he wanted to
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:28 AM
22 hrs ago

It's clear that to Kegsbreath's thinking, in "war" you should just be able to kill, kill, kill (and probably rape, rape, rape) with complete impunity, and his resentment over being even slightly reined in just oozes out of every pore.

He won't come out and say it, he's always couching it in language like he does here, but everyone knows what he means.

Whip-poor-will

(92 posts)
26. Greaser clown
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:58 AM
22 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:23 AM - Edit history (1)

Iran could be Vietnam jackass , politically incorrect after all ..

Is it politically correct to bomb schools ,a war crime, HE is responsible for personally ?

Kid Berwyn

(24,036 posts)
30. Pete Hegseth is a NAZI turd.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:55 PM
10 hrs ago

The people I know who are "Woke" cherish the quaint concept called "Peace."

Blue_Roses

(13,842 posts)
31. He's on a manic high
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:00 PM
10 hrs ago

He's on something. All this grandiose talk is showing just how inept he is at this job and he's an embarrassment.
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