No. of Recommendations: 5
Hegseth’s purge of the military has been so dramatic that with Driscoll gone, the military’s largest service is left without a top civilian leader, a Senate-confirmed top general, a confirmed Army general in charge of operations, or a confirmed commander of Army troops in Europe. Because of all the firings across the service over the past year, the Army, with more than 450,000 active-duty soldiers positioned across the globe, has fewer generals than at any point in recent history. Driscoll’s personal appeal to Trump just days before his exit was the most direct articulation of high-level concerns among Pentagon leaders about the strains facing the force—including Hegseth’s intervention in Army personnel decisions and the mounting demands of the Iran war.
Sounds similar to the state of the Soviet army after Stalin’s purge of the generals for insufficient ideological commitment.
It wrecked the Soviet army and Nazi Germany certainly took note and capitalized on it by invading Russia in 1940.
Add to this sorry state of incompetence- the drawing down of critical missile inventories and overextension of troops and equipment with Iran......
China is watching.
Russia is watching.
Kim Jung-Un is watching.
