Is This Man A Good Pick For Secretary Of Defence?

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/13/pentagon-hegseth-lack-of-experience-00189424
 

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-defense

- religious extremist

- opposes military aid to ukraine

- wants war with iran

- no leadership experience

what could possibly go wrong?

[pastafreak]

He was also investigated for a sexual assault. Apparently he paid his accuser as part of a settlement. 

[Bazile]

//My point is not which government Mr Hegseth has been appointed to, but why anybody in the UK (outside perhaps people whose job it is to study these things) should be in a position to comment on his suitability with any authority.,//

Come come now NJ

There are plenty of people in  this country (including  on this site ) who have/are commenting on the suitability or otherwise of Labour ministers 

[Bazile]

//on the suitability or otherwise of Labour ministers//

...Suitability of US government cabinet people 

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it may come as a surprise but nobody who writes anything on this website does so from a position of authority. not sure why you expect it. 

[Khandro]

Untitled; you don't seem to understand that there is a whole industry of lefty lawyers and Democrat malcontents grubbing around day and night to demonise the Donald. They search through every tweet, email and cutting to find something which they can spin against him or any appointee he makes.

You don't need much to do this: As Cardinal Richelieu famously said, "Give me six lines written by an honest man, and I'll give you enough to hang him."   

 

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and you don't seem to understand that the toe-curling hero worship pumped out by fox news et. al. should not be taken at face value. 
 

how about you take a crack at the question?

[pastafreak]

I suspect there's an equal number of right leaning lawyers doing the same in regards to the Democrats. It would be naive to think otherwise. 

[Untitled]

ooooh is newjudge one of the secret mods? interesting.

[Khandro]

//how about you take a crack at the question?//

Moi?  - completely sanguine. 

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i find it perplexing how you can be so strongly in favour of supporting ukraine and be happy with a US defence secretary who believes exactly the opposite. methinks if this was a democrat (or a non-trump republican) you would be furious. 

[jackthehat]

Probably about as suitable a pick as this man was for his....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine

[pastafreak]

Well, at least he/she has a medical background. 

[tomus42]

He's a good choice if you like religious extremists with no experience that want war with Iran etc etc.

For anyone sane he obviously isn't.

Part of me is looking forward to how this whole sheet show is going to play out over the next few years.