Javier Milei fegt 22 Armeegeneräle bei der größten militärischen Umwälzung in Argentinien seit 20 Jahren hinweg

by DoremusJessup

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  1. Personally, I’m not too familiar with the topic, but I got to wonder what Petri and Villarruel think on this. **Obviously** both of them would have to agree along, but they’re two very relevant individuals when it comes about FF.AA.

  4. Fascinating social experiment; I’m very glad my family doesn’t have to suffer the fallout.

  6. Well fuck. I thought he might’ve had *something* but uh… a military purge? In Latin America? Heh… in a country like Argentina? With the entire… military junta a few decades ago? oof.

  7. Argentines here – is this good or bad? Are these holdovers from the junta or actual loyal soldiers so he can install his own guys?

  8. I wonder if they were backers/supporters regarding The Falklands.
    I ask this because some factions were bringing up The Falklands during the election campaign.
    Not sure what Milei’s position is on them.

  9. Oh.

    I thought he was supposed to be an “Economist”.

    I didn’t realize he was also a Military Expert. This is a little outside of his wheelhouse, if he’s supposedly just trying to “fix the economy”.

  11. Hahaha well there we have it folks. If he makes it to the end of the week without getting couped, I’ll be surprised.

    Edit. The amount of people who think this guy has any clue what he’s doing is hilarious.

  12. What are 22 generals doing in an army that hasn’t fought a war in 40 years?

  13. Not really libertarian but I like what Milei is doing so far overall. Argentina has major structural problems and needs reform, and that is what he is delivering. Whether his reforms are what the country needs or not is still to be seen. But if the military had bloated leadership and needed to be reformed then it makes sense.

    Also have to give him credit for giving the cabinet positions to his former rivals, that is more cooperative than what little bipartisanship there is in the US, for comparison.

  15. Well this is going to lead to….well coup talks and what have you and possibly…a different country in the coming years until military control

  16. USA needs to do this as well. Got some really too heavy bloat with an excess of generals in our military. Costs us millions for little return.

  17. Man getting rid of that much military leadership you better be sure they’re not all plotting to coup you rn

  18. Was this to prevent a coup. Or the early stage of making one.

  19. Instead of engaging in ignorant speculation about the meaning of these moves, why not use the tools at your disposal to inform yourself? I clicked on the provided link and selected one of the replaced generals, Xavier Julián Isaac, for a quick Google search. I then used the advanced search feature to narrow my results to Argentina and the past 24 hours.
    I found four local sources discussing the moves from various perspectives. You can use your browser’s translator feature to read them in English. One paper suggests disagreement, viewing this as a maneuver to sideline the army. Another source indicates that such changes are routine with every new government.
    Spending just a few minutes learning about this topic can enhance your understanding and make you a more informed individual. Why not give it a try?

  22. Huh.

    Well, I guess he’s not going for the Falklands anytime soon.

  25. Legitimate question:

    Has there ever been a true libertarian leader before this ?

  26. Installing loyalists to enforce his will. This is what I assume Trump will do. Not to make this a US thing but this just seems like what he wants as well.

  27. Why does Argentina even need a military? Who is a threat to them?

    All they need a strong armed coast guard to protect their fishing waters and perform S/R offshore.

  28. I am astounded by Non-Argentines’ ignorance here in the comments. Talks of a coup over military restructuring. Americans salivating at the mouth for Milei to be offed by his own military just so they can validate their own preconceived notions about Latin America which hasn’t been updated since the Cold War. Jfc get a grip.

  29. So much speculation.

    Let’s just wait and see what happens, because truthfully it will probably be nothing.

  30. This experiment is going to be so interesting to watch play out from a country that will not be impacted by the changes he is making. Hope he does more good on balance. He genuinely seems to be trying to root out corruption. But I’m not sure the world works the way he thinks it does and will harm a lot of people in his process.

    Milei very well may be showing us that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

  31. I stopped at ultra right wing, libertarians aren’t far right. Fiscally they are on the right, socially they are on the left. Libertarians believe in maximizing personal liberty so anyone calling Milea far right or a fascist are ill informed or malicious spreading misinformation to scare people.

  32. For some reason I read the title as saying “genitals” instead of “generals” and was actually not surprised at all.

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