Pete Hegseth

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We Are at War

The net effect is the gathering sense that America, under this president is not, and cannot be a reliable ally, or source of just and reasonable guidance in a world in urgent need of it. There is no comfort in the fact that our president has put himself, and thereby all of us, in a no-win situation, by presuming upon instincts that amount to a combination of meanness and whim. We absolutely need better than that.


Training our Military as Warriors not Defenders

Hegseth’s first words to the over 700 generals and admirals, sitting quietly before him at last month’s emergency gathering, were “Welcome to the War Department because the era of the Department of Defense is over. Your only mission is ‘warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising.” Hegseth cast a glowing view of the past to the generals, most of whom had more military experience than he did. He claimed our period of peace, ignoring the Vietnam and Iraq wars, was brought about by the warrior ethos that has been lost.