armed forces. It was excellent the way she pointed out that Hegs declared that the military needed to raise their standards for the troops, yet he expected us to lower the standards for him.
In October 2022, according to Bob Woodward's book, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was on the phone with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu warning Russia it had better not use nukes in Ukraine. The idea of Hegseth having any kind of clue to be able to conduct a gravely serious phone call with one of America's enemies is both laughable and terrifying. Here's part of Austin's phone call with Shoigu:
In another heated conversation laid out in Woodward’s book, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confronted his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, in October 2022.
“We know you are contemplating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine,” Austin said, according to Woodward. “Any use of nuclear weapons on any scale against anybody would be seen by the United States and the world as a world-changing event. There is no scale of nuclear weapons that we could overlook or that the world could overlook.”
As Shoigu listened, Austin pressed on, noting that the U.S. had not given Ukraine certain weapons and had restricted the use of some of those it had provided. He warned that those constraints would be reconsidered. He also noted that China, India, Turkey and Israel would isolate Russia if it used nuclear weapons.
“I don’t take kindly to being threatened,” Shoigu responded, the book says.
“Mr. Minister,” Austin said. “I am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don’t make threats.”
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/09/us-scrambled-urge-putin-not-use-nuclear-weapons-ukraine-woodward-book-says.html
Can you imagine how excited the Russians must be about the prospect of Hegseth "leading" the military?!
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