Article

2026-09-03 Government Corruption

Tillis Calls on Trump to Fire Hegseth Over ‘Inept Management' of Military

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Frank G 2026-09-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [388 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

1 China, Russia and the US are all going through huge leadership changes right now. Some is due to loyalty issues, but a lot of generals are the old guard and not willing to embrace the new ways of war.

All the great powers, including the US did this back in 1937-42 as well. They knew what was coming and I suspect Hegseth knows it too. If he is choosing the right men to lead the new modern army... only a war will show that result.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-09-03 01:20|| 2026-09-03 01:20|| Front Page Top

2 Only a war will show the right ones, but peace-ish is perfectly fine for weeding out those who won’t be right for it.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-03 01:29|| 2026-09-03 01:29|| Front Page Top

3 Former CNN contributor Whiskey Pete Hegseth isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-09-03 04:15|| 2026-09-03 04:15|| Front Page Top

4 ^ Try "Fox contributor"

Posted by Frank G 2026-09-03 06:27|| 2026-09-03 06:27|| Front Page Top

5 Highest enlistment rate in years is 'inept management'?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-09-03 09:10|| 2026-09-03 09:10|| Front Page Top

6 To retain young, talented officers you need to be sure there is room for promotion. Since the number of officers must decrease with each level up, in peace(ish) times senior officers need to retire/be 'retired.' Most will be good officers, but ...

Posted by Glenmore 2026-09-03 11:01|| 2026-09-03 11:01|| Front Page Top

Posted by Winky the Wide5500 2026-09-03 13:18|| 2026-09-03 13:18|| Front Page Top

21:41 trailing wife
21:29 trailing wife
21:20 trailing wife
19:00 Frank G
18:05 lord garth
16:53 DarthVader
16:53 Grom the Reflective
16:53 DooDahMan
16:25 Rambler
15:40 Dopey Photch2701
15:31 Dopey Photch2701
15:30 Dopey Photch2701
15:29 Skidmark
15:28 Procopius2k
15:27 Skidmark
15:27 Procopius2k
15:11 Dopey Photch2701
14:47 DarthVader
14:39 Grom the Reflective
13:34 Winky the Wide5500
13:30 Skidmark
13:18 Winky the Wide5500
13:02 DarthVader
12:59 Skidmark
Merry-Go-Blog