Pentagon Pete Fires ‘Fat’ Soldiers as War on Weight Rages

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If you can’t kickflip a skateboard into your dick, consider yourself dismissed.
Instructions unclear. Felt bored, so I skated around the idea and considered kicking my dick. I flipped and missed.

uses a TechDeck to kickflip onto his dick to rail grind it

Like this?

If there’s no video, it didn’t happen
Ooh, ooh…do the Commander in Chief next. He’s the fattest one of all.

You mean civilian leadership vs leadership?

FDR won WWII from a wheelchair, your comment makes no sense.

Sorry, what’s the purported correlation between FDR’s paralysis and Trump’s general unhealthiness?
The idea that the CiC needs to be physically fit to do the job.
Well, they obviously do need to be fit for the job, hence Trump’s mental decline being even more concerning than his original mental state. Given the lack of fit Americans interested in enlistment you might also think a bit of leading by example couldn’t hurt. And of course, I’d hate to be a National Guard member in an administrative role sent home for optics when I didn’t need to be physically fit to perform my job.

“Do need to be fit”

So FDR was fit in his wheelchair when he won WWII?

Seriously, military leadership and civilian are wildly different.

“Optics”

It’s standards and discipline, not optics. Can’t meet the standard, tough shit.

Are you trying to have an “gotcha” moment here? You’re arguing with yourself. You’ve already stated the commander in chief doesn’t need to be physically fit to serve, and I’ve not disagreed, and already stated that their mental state is of much more concern to me.

I don’t think we’re going to have a meaningful conversation on something quite as nuanced as leading by example, so let’s just call that one a mulligan.

Anyone in the National Guard has already met the organization’s standards, and moves by the presidential administration to change those standards as a direct response to bad optics are obviously done to improve the optics

“Gotcha”

Nope, just wanted to make sure we agree that the folks talking about Trump needing to be in good physical shape as CiC are silly.

“Mental”

Sure but that’s not a military standard. Theres no mental PT test.

“Leading by example”

That’s in the military, like how Milley should have. Civilian leadership physical fitness doesn’t matter.

“NG”

And if they fall out of those standards, or can’t meet the current standards, can be kicked out.

We all know this, it’s not new and it’s entirely appropriate. If anything, this is long overdue.

I disagree with most things you’ve just said. I agree that there’s no mental PT test, but I disagree with the concept of writing something that dumb. And I’ll end on this point: it’s a sad state of affairs when the nation can’t find enough fit individuals to fill out its military branches and the response is “it’s about time” instead of “wow, we need to make some serious changes.”

Cool, that first part was just an insult.

“Fill out”

Actually, recruiting has surged since the election.

Turns out the kind of folks who are willing to join the military want to join the military, not a fat camp.

The CIC is a civilian role, so military standards are irrelevant.
You know the difference, so you’re just nagging.
You didn’t listen to Hegseth’s speech to the generals? He said, everyone in the chain of command from the bottom to the top, needs to be in prime physical condition.
Yep, in the military, CiC does not count and never has. FDR with his hot wheels?

The grander point is Trump is unfit under a number of metrics.

The even bigger point is he straight up should not be CiC - nobody here is trying to say a fat person can’t be CiC but it is super hypocritical with what bullshit is going on right now.

Cool and the voters disagreed with you.

“Hypocritical”

Not even a little bit, since there’s no requirement for fitness for the CiC. FDR won WWII in a wheelchair, it’s literally irrelevant.

So, based on your account age and posts … Are you a Russian troll or just insufferable?
Nope, I know dissenting opinions aren’t popular in echo chambers, sorry.
He should fire his fat head of his. Fatty
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Do the drunks next!

Pentagon Pete is a ridiculous and unnecessary nickname.

Secretary Shitface, please.

Triple SecDef
I’m a fan of “Two Week Pete” myself.

Pete Kegseth.

I’d call him “that fucker” but there’s too many fuckers for that to be clear.

It’s supposed to be Twinky Pete.
‘Fat’ soldiers are fired. Meanwhile, ICE is expanding their already burgeoning Meal Team Six battalions.
At least the newly unemployed soldiers will have a nice well-paying paramilitary to join, so they can keep supporting their wives and their wives’ boyfriends.
Just casually trashing the military and then being shocked when the military doesn’t support you.
One of the freedoms the American military purportedly protects is the freedom to talk shit about the American military.
Ok? So what? You’re legally allowed to buy don’t expect people to like your for it.
I like him for it

You like them trashing the military?

Cool, don’t expect the military to support you.

They aren’t. They’re gargling trump and putin’s balls instead
“Why won’t the military support us in elections or otherwise? It’s crazy! Maybe we haven’t insulted them enough!”
I think you’re thinking of your Fuhrer instead.
Nope, but thanks for proving my point.
Your point was that Donald Trump was on record talking huge shit about the military several times? Or was your point that he dodged the draft?
Nope, the point is the left calls anything and everyone they don’t like as Nazi’s or Fascists.
The left calls anyone who behaved like Nazis in 1930s Germany a Nazi. We were far too fucking forgiving by waiting until now to do it. Give the “disagree” horseshit and rest and go join ICE already, fascist.
Your point was that it’s actually leftists shitting on the military, but in reality it’s your God-King doing it. Good job deflecting though.

Nope, not remotely my point.

My point is how the left will call anyone a “Nazi Fascist” based on literally nothing but disagreement.

Like you’ve proven multiple times.

Huh weird because you kept raging about people “insulting the military” even though no one had done that or even mentioned fascism or Nazis. Might wanna figure out a better system for keeping your accounts straight. Putin pays for success.

“No one had done that”

You literally did. You think saying the military is gargling Putin and Trump’s balls isn’t an insult?

And now I’m Russian apparently. And a Fascist. And a Nazi.

All for literally no reason but disagreeing with you.

Ah yes let’s just pretend the order of events are reversed. The comments are timestamped. No one is fooled here.

It’s dick-simple. You came in this thread speaking against everything anyone remotely on the left stands for, revealing that you’re a Nazi, and then people called you a Nazi.

“Everything stands against”

Are you high? That literally never happened.

“Revealing that you’re a Nazi”

So yes, you’ll call anyone a Nazi for literally any reason if they disagree with you.

I was in the military, they aren’t above reproach my guy
Cool, shit talking the military is still certainly a choice if you expect them to back you up.

Fair point, I personally couldn’t care less if the U.S. Military supported me or not if I can’t exercise my free speech then I don’t think it even matters. Again that’s my personal beliefs.

They need to be held to a higher standard of behavior by the people. So they must be critiqued it is crucial in a functional democracy.

Is that what’s happen in reality? Not really, it’s very politically motivated right now.

Sure, I don’t disagree, but if you REALLY think there a Nazi, Fascist dictatorship coming into power, the military is someone you want on your side.

And the military, particularly combat arms, tends to be more conservative than liberal.

Oh Yeah, I definitely can see what you’re saying

I was trying to explain to a friend why alienation of fellow Americans is a bad move for any side that isn’t in power.

Realistically I don’t think the majority of conservatives or even maga conservatives are actually nazis or even believe in the pillars that establish fascism. I’m sure there are some, but I bet it’s less than 5% of that base.

Agreed, the rhetoric across the country has gotten out of control and I don’t see it getting better any time soon, unfortunately.
Ah so you don’t support freedom of speech just speech you agree with for it.