Pete Hegseth rivals his boss in the stupid sweepstakes. He is one not bright guy.
Pete Hegseth wants a manly military. And he really, really wants you to know how badly he wants a manly military. In his 2024 book, The War on Warriors, Hegseth worried that the military risked becoming “effeminate, and apologetic”; he insisted that what liberals really want is “soft men, and a weak military,” and he scolded “Pentagon pussies” who refuse to stand up for soldiers on the battlefield.
No, dude, what liberals really want is no wars. We’re funny that way: we think mass-killing is regrettable and that we should avoid doing it if at all possible. Your problem is that you love the idea of war and you really love having the power to get people killed.
As secretary of defense, Hegseth has blocked the promotion of female military officers, removed the first woman to lead the Navy, and ordered a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground-combat roles. He has also used the Defense Department’s social-media channels to post a steady stream of tougher-than-thou videos.
He thinks the Defense Department is the Offense Department.
The latest entry in this genre came earlier today, when Hegseth announced that he is requiring every service member over 30 to have their testosterone tested annually. He let this be known in a video posted on X captioned “The High-T Department of War.”
I give up. He parodies himself, so what’s the point of even saying
[silence falls]
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