U.S. generals stationed around the world recently received a notice from Defense Secretary Hegses to attend a meeting at a Marine Corps base in Virginia, and President Trump will deliver a speech.
Agence France-Presse reported that this meeting was extremely unusual, and the Pentagon has not given a formal explanation so far. At present, the U.S. military is deeply involved in domestic and foreign controversy: Trump not only deployed troops to two Democratic cities, but also ordered a fatal blow to small ships suspected of "drug trafficking" in the Caribbean.
However, nearly 800 US military generals were completely confused about this short-notice conference.
According to U.S. media reports, the meeting may mainly focus on armored norms and standards, defense policy adjustments, and the "warrior spirit" philosophy put forward by Hegel.It sounds more like a mobilization conference.
Wei Dongxu, editor-in-chief of China Central Radio and Television's global information broadcast "Global Military Report", believes that,Convocating all U.S. generals for a meeting, Heggers' primary purpose was to establish authority.
Unlike his predecessors, Heges lacks a high-level military resume and is Trump's "forcibly appointed" defense secretary. Hegseth's military experience has almost no intersection with that of active generals. His national defense strategy and military management model are incompatible with the high-level system of the US military, which has caused many controversies and contradictions.
Hegseth believes that there is "inflation" in the current ranks of the US military, and many three-star ranks should be changed back to two-star ranks. This is unacceptable for U.S. military generals who regard military rank as a symbol of honor. Previously, someone in Hegseth's think tank was sent out of the Pentagon for leaking unauthorized information. The New York Times pointed out in this regard that "under Hegseth's leadership, the Pentagon was in chaos".
He believed that he had called the generals together.Hegseth announced the latest military strategic planning and military management methods, which may take the opportunity to beat the top of the army.With Trump’s support, he was able to use dismissal, lower military rank and other means to deter senior U.S. troops, but this pressure would only lead to the generals’ “verbal disobedience”, not to dispel contradictions, but to hide and exacerbate contradictions. According to AFP reports, in May this year, he ordered a massive reduction in U.S. military generals, demanding that the current four-star generals and naval forces be reduced by at least 20 percent.
Why did U.S. President Trump suddenly announce his participation in the meeting?
- First of all, as the US media speculated, this meeting was initiated by Hegseth himself, and Trump didn't know about it before. But after learning this news, Trump came to the platform to show his support for Hegseth.
- Secondly, it is not excluded that Trump and Haggis announced “major news” to all U.S. military generals during the meeting, for example, demanding that U.S. naval and air forces be deployed in the Caribbean to take a more radical so-called “drog cleansing” operation. During the meeting, the attitude of senior U.S. military generals was tested.
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