Congress grills Pete Hegseth

[SassyIrishLass]

and yet before 2021 we did just fine, explain how we need the MILLIONS of illegals Biden let in.

Votes

 

[Marener]

and yet before 2021 we did just fine, explain how we need the MILLIONS of illegals Biden let in.

We had around 10 million illegals in the country under Trump.

 

[yidnar]

Somebody much more experienced than Hegseth, yes.

Your 'whataboutism' is nothing but a sucking sound from the know nothings.

no whataboutism about it .. the lefts SOD was a disaster .. did you hear ? Hamas just accepted a deal to release the hostages .. the vile rapist terrorists know a real COC is about to take office in 5 days ..

 

[White 6]

Major is the highest ranking field officer....They command battalions too.

Lt. Cols generally come in two flavors: the lifers who've been passed over so may times that they'll never make O-6, or high-speed-low-drag climbers whose heads can regularly be found jammed up the asses of Generals.

It's really next to impossible to believe you passed an ASVAB, let alone were ever issued live ammo.

No. Major is the lowest Field Grade Officer in the Army. Field Grade starts with Maj, then Lt Colonel, then Colonel. Below Maj, are Company Grade Officer, such as 2LT, 1LT and Captain. Anybody in circumstance and run any level in a pinch, if they are the highest ranking officer (or even enlisted) when the sht has hit the fan. I am well aware, if there is a shortage, an Officer can serve briefly to fill in a vacancy, more often than not one that has passed the boards and can be promoted on their next opportunity.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

We had around 10 million illegals in the country under Trump.

and now we have around 30million
explain slowly for us stupid people why we need them?

 

[Dante]

Hegseth says ...​

Hegseth says ... hopefully, that he will not give in to blackmail so easily -- again.​

 

[Marener]

and now we have around 30million
explain slowly for us stupid people why we need them?

No, we probably don’t have 30 million. It’s like 10-15 million.

There aren’t 30 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a possible vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, said he supports Trump’s

www.politifact.com

The country needs labor. The economy depends on it.

 

[Harry Dresden]

How could i possibly know the answer to your question?

I can’t speak to your individual experience, but I can speak to what the data says in aggregate.

If we have two people, and one’s prices doubled and one’s prices stayed the same, the aggregate inflation is 50%. That doesn’t mean one’s prices didn’t double. It means that didn’t happen for everyone.

Now, can you answer my question?

what an excuse...i asked you simple question about you not me....here lets try it again...... so if at the store your spending lets say 80 dollars more for the same stuff you bought a short while ago and you say how much more things cost but a govt agency says you are exaggerating the cost, because things are good.....are you going to believe them?..

 

[Robert W]

Yep. He sure did. That was the point of him going to OPEC and threatening them to get them to cut their production in 2019.

The cost of fuel is a minuscule contribution to the overall cost of products on your shelf. Even if their costs do go down, they have little incentive to reduce prices.

I just checked the price of 18 chicken eggs. I came to Idaho when Trump was president. Eggs here were about $1.80 per 18 eggs. Today the price is
$8.89
SNAP EBT
Kroger® Cage Free Large White Eggs
18 ct

Biden gets credit for bad things he does.

Actually Trump informed Saudi Arabia that Congress would harm Saudi Arabia.

WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum.
In an April 2 phone call, Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that unless the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) started cutting oil production, he would be powerless to stop lawmakers from passing legislation to withdraw U.S. troops from the kingdom, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

I always laugh reading such reports. We are supposed to just take the word of a reporter. He won't even tell us who he learned it from. Sources is not proof it happened.

Also, it was 2020 during the pandemic that Trump was talking to Saudi Arabia about lowering production. Workers were not working into the millions.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

No, we probably don’t have 30 million. It’s like 10-15 million.

There aren’t 30 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a possible vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, said he supports Trump’s

www.politifact.com

The country needs labor. The economy depends on it.

Retard if we had 10 million on Jan 20 2o21 and Joe let in millions a year we have a lot more now and that is just the ones we counted.

 

[Marener]

Retard if we had 10 million on Jan 20 2o21 and Joe let in millions a year we have a lot more now and that is just the ones we counted.

For one, those allowed into the country pending amnesty determinations aren’t here illegally. Two, the number of people let in is way lower than you have been told.

None of this really matters to the point.

We had millions of illegals here during the Trump administration and things were “great”, so why do we need to deport them?

 

[Oddball]

No. Major is the lowest Field Grade Officer in the Army. Field Grade starts with Maj, then Lt Colonel, then Colonel. Below Maj, are Company Grade Officer, such as 2LT, 1LT and Captain. Anybody in circumstance and run any level in a pinch, if they are the highest ranking officer (or even enlisted) when the sht has hit the fan. I am well aware, if there is a shortage, an Officer can serve briefly to fill in a vacancy, more often than not one that has passed the boards and can be promoted on their next opportunity.

My mistake in nomenclature...Major is the highest rank junior officer who deals directly with on-the-ground field ops....The rest are in the rear with the gear.

The rest is correct.

 

[Robert W]

No, we probably don’t have 30 million. It’s like 10-15 million.

There aren’t 30 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a possible vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, said he supports Trump’s

www.politifact.com

The country needs labor. The economy depends on it.

We have legal ways to get labor. But you don't appear to like the legal way. By the way, your approved labor sure did not help us lower things like the cost of eggs. Today 18 eggs cost $8.89. Chickens lay them. Humans don't.

Who the hell knows how many illegals Biden invited in. He lies all the time about the numbers.

 

[Marener]

I just checked the price of 18 chicken eggs. I came to Idaho when Trump was president. Eggs here were about $1.80 per 18 eggs. Today the price is
$8.89

There’s a reason inflation is the sum of many products. You haven’t heard about bird flu?

 

[Marener]

We have legal ways to get labor. But you don't appear to like the legal way. By the way, your approved labor sure did not help us lower things like the cost of eggs. Today 18 eggs cost $8.89. Chickens lay them. Humans don't.

Who the hell knows how many illegals Biden invited in. He lies all the time about the numbers.

The immigration system is broken and Republicans have been preventing any reform to it for decades.

MAGA will not ever allow an increase in low skilled immigration from central and South America. That’s absurd.

 

[Foxfyre]

Already answered that. You should read the man's history, then you would see. Secretary of Defense really not very comparable to being a platoon leader on the ground for one OCONUS tour.

Look. You already got caught making a hypocritical statement which you will not admit. You said you supported Panetta as Secretary of Defense who has zero combat experience. So Hegseth being 'just' a platoon leader does not disqualify him.

Austin is a four star retired general and was an absolute disaster as Secretary of Defense.

Anybody who paid any attention at all to Hegseth's confirmation hearing understands that he knows what the job is and should be. He deserves a chance to see if he can do it.

 

[Harry Dresden]

For one, those allowed into the country pending amnesty determinations aren’t here illegally. Two, the number of people let in is way lower than you have been told.

None of this really matters to the point.

We had millions of illegals here during the Trump administration and things were “great”, so why do we need to deport them?

how about the ones committing violent crimes....can we deport them?....

 

[Marener]

how about the ones committing violent crimes....can we deport them?....

Sure. That’s always been the case.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The immigration system is broken and Republicans have been preventing any reform to it for decades.

MAGA will not ever allow an increase in low skilled immigration from central and South America. That’s absurd.

Democrats have never offered a reasonable fix and load ever proposal with grift and bullshit

 

[Marener]

Democrats have never offered a reasonable fix and load ever proposal with grift and bullshit

I disagree. Attempts to reform in a bipartisan way have been repeatedly torpedoed by the noisy right wing fringe through campaigns largely based on disinformation.

You’re not reasonable people, but you are very loud.