President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.

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  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Let me be clear then: the US military is a force for evil and anything that weakens it is positive for the rest of the world.

    • WraithGear@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Ok… but to argue that to privatize war making to the lowest bidder sounds like the premise to a libertarian monkey paw nightmare. Like current mercenaries track record with human rights violations is…well poor would be an understatement. And what is the issue you have with NATO?