Trump's defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth threatens 'educational insurgency' in schools

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Saturday 23 November 2024 20:35 GMT


Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of defense, has called for an “educational insurgency” to take over American schools in an appearance on a right-wing podcast. During a CrossPolitic discussion about religiously affiliated schools, Hegseth explained his idea for a system of “classical Christian schools” to provide “recruits” for an underground army that could eventually launch an “educational insurgency”.

Host Toby Sumpter said: “I think we need to be thinking in terms of these classical Christian schools are boot camps for winning back America.” “That’s what the crop of these classical Christian schools are gonna do in a generation,” Hegseth agreed.

“Policy answers like school choice, while they’re great, that’s phase two stuff later on once the foothold has been taken, once the recruits have graduated boot camp.” “We call it a tactical retreat,” Hegseth continued.

“We draw out in the last part of the book what an educational insurgency would look like — because I was a counterinsurgency instructor in Afghanistan — and kind of the phases that Mao [Zedong] wrote about. “We’re in the middle of phase one right now, which is effectively a tactical retreat where you regroup, consolidate, and reorganize. And as you do so, you build your army underground with the opportunity later on of taking offensive operations in an overt way.”


Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-defense-hegseth-educational-insurgency-b2652595.html

[BOSSHOG]

1. Nothing says freedom

Like forcing children into religious indoctrination. And of course the lifetime obligation to tithe. It’s in the contract. And of course (#2) religious indoctrination is the basis for the job of the US Secretary of Defense. And of course (#3) the religion must be one of the bastardized editions of Christianity. But Of Course. Liberty and Justice for all.

[ananda]

2. Creepy much?

And the way he phrases it is obfuscating
and euphemistic.

[Linda ladeewolf]

3. I wonder who trump will pick in the end?

I’m thinking one of the Flynn’s. More his preferred type.

[jmowreader]

4. Because "taking over America's schools" is SO within the job description of Defense

Cthulhu almighty, this idiot was a National Guard platoon leader. Does he even know anything about the military besides how to take care of fifty people?

[hadEnuf]

5. Hegseth is dangerously fucking nuts.

This asshole is a full fledged Nazi and needs to be nowhere near the military.

[maxrandb]

16. No, he's a frickin moron

He was a fucking O3 in the National Guard. He may have formatted PowerPoint briefs about counter insurgency for his boss, but, I know what an O3 does in the military, and they are about as in charge of policy, as a cashier is in charge of Walmart.

I think he may actually believe his own Fitness Reports.

Let me explain. My ship was the platform that rescued Air Force pilot Capt. Scott O'grady after he was shot down in Bosnia. Every fucking evaluation and FITREP that year, from Deck Seaman, to Machinists Mate, to Cook, to Disbursing Clerk, mentioned the "rescue of Scott O'Grady". In fact, when a news organization come onboard to do a "reenactment of the rescue", I went down and hit my rack for a nap. I was committed to make the reenactment "authentic".

We call this "getting high on your own supply".

You know what we call military members who quote Sun Tzu? "FUCKING MORONS"

[hadEnuf]

19. Yes he is a fucking moron.

That's what helps make him so dangerous. He thinks he is some kind of a tough warrior, but deep down he probably knows he's nothing but an insane flaccid hatemonger. He wants to prove differently, but at the military's expense.

[maxrandb]

20. It won't be the DoDs first rodeo

He will get stuffed in a locker right quick.

He won't get the job, but even if he did, he'd be like the guy in the Bugs Bunny cartoon screaming, "but I am Napoleon!"

[Cheezoholic]

6. Sounds like his Guard unit commander was onto more than just "tattoo's" with this Christo-Fascist n/t

[IronLionZion]

7. Because if we called these religious schools "madrassahs", that would piss off the right people

but Christian schools are OK for indoctrinating children for whatever BS this person is imagining.

[dweller]

8. I love how these pompous pills

are immediately working up into their frilly feathery frothy cock o’the walk bluster squawk dialogue and strutting out some fruitcake military strategy comprised of half-baked conniptions composed on their basement Minecraft duels with online buds . And some trump buybull.

And tossing about Mao Zedong tactics without the slightest comprehension of the underlying philosophy other than it gives them a warm tingly woody to sound militant, zen and above all , in control .

I can see them now , marching in formation in the schoolbus parking lots . . . Just children .


smdh

✌🏻

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Righteous post, dweller!! ❤️

[Astraea]

9. Bringing back the Hitler Youth, eh?

[William Gustafson]

10. Since when does the DOD have anything to do with schools...

Stay in your lane, @sshole!!!

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

18. The DoD has a school system ...

DODEA which runs 163 schools with 71,000 students.

I would hate to see them used as a testbed for this christo-fascist plan. Especially on the taxpayer's dime.

Something to keep an eye on should he get the office.

Ugh!

[StarryNite]

11. The accused sexual assaulter said what?

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Must be the liquor talking. ...

Just what the DOD needs.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

14. It's time

It’s time for the IC to deal with this domestic terrorist before he’s allowed to do any damage.

[travelingthrulife]

15. Aw...he probably prays before he drugs his dates and rapes them.

[struggle4progress]

17. He's beginning to sound like a habitual drunkard

[milestogo]

21. Onward Christian Soldiers

is a truly obnoxious hymn.

Everything s a freaking war to this asshole.