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The politicized nature of the Pentagon has “forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another,” the paper reports. It also noted that the mass firing of generals this year is unprecedented in the United States.
Anonymous military officials told the Times that “Hegseth’s moves have fed the impression the military has pro-Trump and anti-Trump generals.”
Multiple experts warn that such an atmosphere in the upper echelons of the military is a recipe for disaster. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who led elite special operations troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for years, is among those ringing warning bells.
“The U.S. military’s long history of remaining apolitical has always depended upon a norm in which the military avoided politics while civilian leadership respected and protected those in uniform from the political fray,” he told the Times. “Recent months have challenged the paradigm, at significant risk. Once lost, the legitimacy of a military that reflects and represents all Americans will be difficult to recover.”
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Anonymous military officials told the Times that “Hegseth’s moves have fed the impression the military has pro-Trump and anti-Trump generals.”
Multiple experts warn that such an atmosphere in the upper echelons of the military is a recipe for disaster. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who led elite special operations troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for years, is among those ringing warning bells.
“The U.S. military’s long history of remaining apolitical has always depended upon a norm in which the military avoided politics while civilian leadership respected and protected those in uniform from the political fray,” he told the Times. “Recent months have challenged the paradigm, at significant risk. Once lost, the legitimacy of a military that reflects and represents all Americans will be difficult to recover.”
Top General Sounds Alert over Pentagon Pete’s Unending Purge
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purging of military officials who do not toe the MAGA line threatens irreversible damage to the military, a top ex-general warns. The former Fox News host has created an atmosphere of “anxiety and mistrust” in the Pentagon, which has been gutted of those who...