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The Washington Post, which first reported the gathering, later reported that the purpose of the meeting was for the generals to hear Hegseth deliver a speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”

The meeting comes amid concern over Trump's increasing use of the military for domestic purposes in his second term. In recent months, he has deployed troops to cities across the country, raising concerns about the stifling of dissent against his unpopular government.

Trump announced on Saturday that he had directed the Pentagon to send troops to “protect” Portland, Oregon, adding that he was authorizing “full force, if necessary.”

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 73 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaths_to_Hitler

Happened before in 1934

From the article:

“After gaining power and appointing himself head of state Hitler altered the traditional oath sworn by Wehrmacht servicemen to the state or supreme commander. The new wording of the oath, which came to be known as the Hitler oath, was to Hitler personally and was ordered to be taken by all members of the Wehrmacht.[3] The oath was a change to that of the previous oaths which swore loyalty to the state, and not any individual, and had been sworn only by new recruits.”

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Master strategist Pete Hegseth to gather all U.S. military leaders in same place at same time

How Israel pulled off audacious ‘Red Wedding’ and ‘Operation Narnia’ attacks on Iran

The attacks required elaborate tricks, according to 18 current and former Israeli and US security forces who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, and some of the plans dated back to the mid-1990s.

One operation, dubbed “Red Wedding” after the infamous Game of Thrones massacre that killed several of the show’s heroes in brutal fashion, left Iran’s top military commanders dead in the hours after Israel’s attack on Iran began.

The air force leaders gathered together in one place, allowing Israeli missiles to take them out all at once.

Seems like a really bad idea, regardless of why they're actually being called together.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 20 points 4 days ago

There are so many ways this is all very bad.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago

Even dumber to publicly announce it and place it in the headlines for everyone to read for a week beforehand.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, I commented last week that if I was an invited general and Hegseth wasn't going to be there physically, I wouldn't go.

And I swear I read something yesterday about Pete "speaking remotely".

And now Trump is attending in person.

Now I don't 100% think it will be what it looks like, but if I was Russia and I was on the verge of going to war with NATO, I can't think of a better way to cripple the US chain of command.

Tin foil hat on - maybe this will be the false flag they need. Crazy leftist antifa trans democratic drag queen blows up 200 generals and the president.

Hegseth attending remotely but forcing everyone else to attend in person would be like Wiley coyote level of sabotage.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Getting Red Wedding vibes...hope I'm wrong.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What we know: it's going to be long, rambling, and incoherent.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Everyone loves me, you should love me, I'm the best soldier who never was, blah, blah, Obama, Biden, Hillary, Kamalamalama, fight harder, blah, blah...

If there's never been a true patriot near Trump cause no one's put two in him yet.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He will walk on stage take a giant dump in his adult diaper and then they will clap. It will be superb.

[–] waldo_was_here@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Its a trap , history repeat itself again and again .

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They’re all going to be required to wear makeup and get gender affirming care so they look more Alpha. I keep thinking about what general Patton would do in this situation because we all know it’s going to be very bad. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t roll over like a bitch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton

Cadet bone spurs.