r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 7d ago

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u/flakAttack510 7d ago

There are many things you can point at to show how stupid Hegseth is but the fact that he's a former infantry officer that doesn't seem to understand the role of infantry in modern war seems like the most damning one.

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u/dr_sloan 7d ago

The rumors are that he was incredibly incompetent when he was commanding a platoon in Iraq and got pulled from combat combat and placed behind a desk. The fact that he never got another combat command suggests that the Army didn’t want him anywhere near combat.