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kentuck

(114,863 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:21 PM Sep 26

Why are hundreds of generals and admirals meeting with Hegseth?

The only reason that I can think of is that the regime is checking to see how much loyalty they have in the military ranks?

Who is on their side if they have to go to war in the streets?

What will they do if the Commander in Chief declares martial law?

Strange meeting.

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Why are hundreds of generals and admirals meeting with Hegseth? (Original Post) kentuck Sep 26 OP
Your guess is a resonable one. CentralMass Sep 26 #1
They're planning a military coup. Baitball Blogger Sep 26 #2
Gov't shuts down next week. Martial law then? Whatever the fascist regime is planning.. CousinIT Sep 26 #3
He may... Gregory1230 Sep 26 #4
Loyalty oaths to F47 while hooked up to a polygraph 0rganism Sep 26 #5
The entire administration is composed of actors. taxi Sep 26 #6
Loyalty test.............. Lovie777 Sep 26 #7
They're preparing a final solution for the non-compliant in the old POAC erronis Sep 26 #8
New Commander in Chief? nt wiggs Sep 26 #9
So, this big meeting happens RIGHT after Hegseth issues ultimatum.... 70sEraVet Sep 26 #10
They are staging to stop the elecrion in 2028. CentralMass Sep 26 #11
2026 first Ponietz Sep 26 #34
Exactly. Pledge allegiance to the Traitor or get the axe. Pepsidog Sep 26 #12
Same as Sadam Hussein's purging the Baath party in 1979.party LastDemocratInSC Sep 26 #32
The military owes no loyalty to the regime BOSSHOG Sep 26 #13
Yes. Yes we are. nt Shipwack Sep 26 #28
My gut says Chicagogrl1 Sep 26 #14
Very dangerous. James48 Sep 26 #15
First thing I thought of. Tom Dyer Sep 26 #16
The NYT reported it was to tell them how to be warriors Stinky The Clown Sep 26 #17
There have to be gerryatwork Sep 26 #18
My guess is that's just a performance. TomSlick Sep 26 #19
If Hegseth had a brain in his head Warpy Sep 26 #20
I've had one of those days and misread the following as "brain dead CUTLET." sprinkleeninow Sep 26 #29
Hey, that works just as well Warpy Sep 26 #35
🫡 😆 sprinkleeninow Sep 26 #36
He wants them there IN PERSON orangecrush Sep 26 #21
Hope they are allowed to leave the room. Sneederbunk Sep 26 #22
Quantico is home to the FBI orangecrush Sep 26 #23
I think he sent the order when he was shitfaced and when he woke up from that bender the wheels were in motion Cheezoholic Sep 26 #24
Loyalty oath might be Miller's Idea... 3825-87867 Sep 26 #25
A Bootlicking Convention? C_U_L8R Sep 26 #26
Here is where we find out who our friends are.................... BurnDoubt Sep 26 #27
Bringing the ENTIRE U.S. military's TOP Admirals and Generals popsdenver Sep 26 #30
Prepare for Insurrection Act after government shut down. Pepsidog Sep 26 #31
OECU top secret / Operation Epstein Cover Up Emile Sep 26 #33
The timing of the event has been of particular concern: The speech is set for Sept. 30, the last day of the fiscal year. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 #37

Baitball Blogger

(51,325 posts)
2. They're planning a military coup.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:26 PM
Sep 26

I hope someone drops the information and Hegseth is finally thrown out based on treason.

CousinIT

(11,982 posts)
3. Gov't shuts down next week. Martial law then? Whatever the fascist regime is planning..
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:27 PM
Sep 26

...IT.
IS.
NOT.
GOOD.

They plan to NEVER hire back the government employees furloughed during the shutdown. They may be replaced by minions chosen by Trump, MAGA and their billionaire friends.

IOW, our government will have been TAKEN OVER by a hostile enemy and that's the end of it.

So yeah, I can see what this evil crime syndicate may be planning.

Gregory1230

(76 posts)
4. He may...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:30 PM
Sep 26

He may order to ready to start war against Venezuela 🇻🇪. Who knows? Or maybe he could remove top officers especially women. Again, who knows? Just saying. 😀

0rganism

(25,378 posts)
5. Loyalty oaths to F47 while hooked up to a polygraph
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:36 PM
Sep 26

Just my guess, could be anything really, as long as it's evil. Evil is the prerequisite of everything they do.

taxi

(2,623 posts)
6. The entire administration is composed of actors.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:44 PM
Sep 26
General Buck Turgidson Hegseth says we must not allow a mineshaft gap.
IMO some nefarious deed so awful as to unite the world against us is afoot. And like in Dr. Strangelove all the top brass will find a safe haven, comfortably away from the horrors they impose on others.

Lovie777

(20,911 posts)
7. Loyalty test..............
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:46 PM
Sep 26

the rate shithole and comrades are going, they're trying to completely take over the country asap.

The incident with Kimmel backfired spectacularly, and made shithole look small. The indictment of Comey will fall flat, now he's rushing against other people he does not like.

The economy still sucks, shithole's poll numbers is way down and it appears the Democrats may win back the house and maybe the senate.

Untraceable tax payer's money missing from the federal government and approximately 1,800 detainees are missing, gone, their names were deleted from the roaster.

We are in a nightmare.

erronis

(21,787 posts)
8. They're preparing a final solution for the non-compliant in the old POAC
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:12 PM
Sep 26

Pentagon Officers Athletic Club.

Nicely sound-proofed.

Used to play handball there with some real military - not the trumper hegsbreath bone-spur types.

70sEraVet

(5,059 posts)
10. So, this big meeting happens RIGHT after Hegseth issues ultimatum....
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:16 PM
Sep 26

about how journalists are forbidden to put put out ANY information unless it has been approved by his Department?
The subject of the meeting must be something unpalatable to the American people (not just to MAGA folks, who have proven to be capable of swallowing just about ANY bullsh-t from this admin).

LastDemocratInSC

(4,170 posts)
32. Same as Sadam Hussein's purging the Baath party in 1979.party
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:19 PM
Sep 26

Naming them, shaming them, and moving them outside the auditorium and into custody. 21 eventually were later shot.

1979 Ba'ath Party Purge - Wikipedia https://share.google/bVCxgi5IpLefLTPnr

BOSSHOG

(43,969 posts)
13. The military owes no loyalty to the regime
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:25 PM
Sep 26

Their oath is to the constitution and their obligation is to obey lawful orders.

Are we in this situation because a desperate sack of garbage supported by ignorant fake patriots is in a jam and he thinks he knows the way out?

James48

(5,025 posts)
15. Very dangerous.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:31 PM
Sep 26

If they are all meeting at the same place, in person, Russia could toss a missile in and it would be Pearl Harbor on steroids.

You don’t do large in person meetings of top military leaders for a reason. Hegseth hasn’t got the memo. Idiot

Tom Dyer

(295 posts)
16. First thing I thought of.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:40 PM
Sep 26

I just can’t figure out the reason in the year of our Lord 2025.

Stinky The Clown

(68,827 posts)
17. The NYT reported it was to tell them how to be warriors
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:43 PM
Sep 26

He wants to do it "eyeball to eyeball".

keep in mind.Whiskey Pete was a National Guard Major. He is the perfect person to tell Flag officers, many with combat experience, how to be warriors.


gerryatwork

(93 posts)
18. There have to be
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:46 PM
Sep 26

hundreds of generals and admirals who are dissatisfied with where the military and country is headed. Surely there will be dozens of unattributed leaks to all levels of the press and media. We’ll find out soon enough what the meeting was really about.

Warpy

(114,130 posts)
20. If Hegseth had a brain in his head
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:56 PM
Sep 26

the meeting would be about rethinking weapons systems, introducing small and medium sized drones as well as developing systems to fight enemy drones, plus tactics and new plans in case Putin starts listening to Medvedev and thinks he's in a declared war against NATO.

Unfortunately, the man is a brain dead cultist and his plan is to decapitate the military by removing any of the command structure deemed insufficiently loyal to His Radiance....just at the time Russia appears to be ready to pick a serious fight against the entire west, including us.

sprinkleeninow

(21,782 posts)
29. I've had one of those days and misread the following as "brain dead CUTLET."
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:57 PM
Sep 26
"Unfortunately, the man is a brain dead cultist"

Warpy

(114,130 posts)
35. Hey, that works just as well
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:58 PM
Sep 26

Just start calling him Pork Chop, we'll all get it but they won't.

orangecrush

(27,207 posts)
21. He wants them there IN PERSON
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:03 PM
Sep 26

That has some ugly possibilities.

Here's info from Google AI -

"Quantico is home to the FBI, specifically the FBI Academy, which is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's primary training facility and includes the FBI Laboratory Division and the Operational Technology Division (OTD). While the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, also houses the Marine Corps University and the DEA Training Academy, it is most notably known for the FBI's significant presence and comprehensive training programs for agents and analysts."

Cheezoholic

(3,421 posts)
24. I think he sent the order when he was shitfaced and when he woke up from that bender the wheels were in motion
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:10 PM
Sep 26

Occam's Razor

3825-87867

(1,679 posts)
25. Loyalty oath might be Miller's Idea...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:37 PM
Sep 26

from Wikipedia:

Hitler Oath
The Hitler Oath—also referred in English as the Soldier's Oath—refers to the oaths of allegiance sworn by officers and soldiers of the Wehrmacht and civil servants of Nazi Germany between 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler rather than loyalty to the Weimar Constitution of the country. Historians view the personal oath of the Nazi Germany as an important psychological element to obey orders for committing war crimes, atrocities, and genocide. During the Nuremberg trials, many German officers unsuccessfully attempted to use the oath as a defence against charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

C_U_L8R

(48,393 posts)
26. A Bootlicking Convention?
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:42 PM
Sep 26

His Tangerine Majesty’s Strokefest? Warrior Wankoff?
Strategic Brown-nosing?

popsdenver

(851 posts)
30. Bringing the ENTIRE U.S. military's TOP Admirals and Generals
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:58 PM
Sep 26

from AROUND THE WORLD, all to be in ONE place at ONE time???????????????????? AND making the time and location world knowledge?????

THAT IS ABSOLUTE LUNACY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't even think of speculating, of the possibilities of the meeting, in writing, what they could possibly be doing.......

Everyday gets crazier and crazier by a factor of a thousand plus percent..................

mahatmakanejeeves

(67,295 posts)
37. The timing of the event has been of particular concern: The speech is set for Sept. 30, the last day of the fiscal year.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:51 PM
Sep 26
Daniel Drezner
‪@dandrezner.bsky.social‬

Mother of God.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/26/hegseth-generals-meeting-warrior-speech/

September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Mother of God. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T19:20:13.794Z
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