War Inside the Pentagon? The Military vs. Trump and Hegseth (G&R 487)

About this episode

The episode discusses the internal conflict within the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the implications of military leadership changes.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has initiated a major overhaul of the Pentagon leadership, firing over a dozen high-ranking military officials, including Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr., and Adm. Lisa Franchetti. The moves, often executed without specific reasons, are part of a broader, controversial effort to remove officers deemed misaligned with the administration's priorities. Hegseth has also faced intense criticism for declaring that "no quarter" would be given to enemies in Iran, a statement interpreted as ordering troops to kill surrendering combatants, which is a war crime under international law. The actions have caused friction with leaders like Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and increasing skepticism of the administration's competency in waging wars. In our latest, we talk about the war inside the Pentagon between military leadership and Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It's also the anniversary of the Vietnam Vets Against the War founding (April 15, 1967) and one of their most known mass actions, Dewey Canyon III (April 19-21, 1971) and discuss why military dissent is important…

People in this episode

Host: Green and Red

Guest: Zack Henson

Topics covered

• Pentagon leadership
• military dissent
• Trump administration
• war crimes
• Vietnam War anniversary
• civil-military relations

Keywords

• Pentagon
• military officials
• Trump
• Hegseth
• war crimes
• Vietnam Vets Against the War
• military dissent
• Iran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vietnam Vets Against the War

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