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baubino | 22 days ago

> Going forward, Hegseth said, the War Department will focus on developing warriors, increasing lethality and reestablishing deterrence.

These people are just begging for conflict, domestically and abroad.

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halJordan|22 days ago

A Republican: "I want to establish deterrence by creating lethal warriors"

HN: "oh my god, they're begging to start a war!"

array_key_first|21 days ago

Republicans are war-mongers, everyone knows that, including their consistency. It's a key part of why people vote for them.

Now, granted, most US politicians are war-mongers. It's just part of our blood. But still, that shouldn't be a surprise.

baubino|21 days ago

Shifting the tone and language away from defense and peacekeeping and towards warmongering isn’t good for anyone.

lwansbrough|22 days ago

“We sent our people to school and after becoming smarter they stopped believing our ideology so we’re going to keep them stupid instead”

hshdhdhj4444|22 days ago

“Lethal Warrior”

Given how modern warfare worked even before the drone era began with Putin’s war on Ukraine, the idea of building a military of “lethal warriors” as opposed to a military of strategic excellence with great logistics is backwards.