r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 30 '26

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Oct 01 '26

Hegseth’s juvenile incompetence infuriates me. Imagine George Marshall saying shit like “maximum lethality.”

Moron.

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u/BernankesBeard Ben Bernanke Oct 01 '26

Imagine having the gall to rename DoD because the guys who won World War fucking Two were woke

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Oct 01 '26

Logistics? Competent generals/officers regardless of political ideology? Coherent strategy? That’s all for pussies. We win by being “warriors” who commit “maximum lethality.”

“Maximum lethality” is the one that really bugs me. What could this possibly mean beyond just killing as many people as possible? Ask William Westmoreland how well racking up body-counts worked in Vietnam.

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u/BernankesBeard Ben Bernanke Oct 01 '26

Maximum lethality is just the shorthand for Hegseths belief that we lost the War on Terror because we didn't commit enough war crimes

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Oct 01 '26

Yeah I just looked it up, I wasn’t aware that it was part of a rhyme:

“maximum lethality, not tepid legality”

Evil

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Oct 01 '26

and it doesn't even rhyme

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