NOTE: In a cabinet of superstars, Pete Hegseth shines among the brightest. His willingness to take on the corrupt Pentagon procurement system and the Woke FOGO and Deep State establishment — oh, and his willingness to blow up pirates, smugglers, and drug runners just like in the earliest days of the U.S. Navy — has earned him the wrath of many on Capitol Hill, including the entire Democrat caucus and (of course) Thomas Massie.
They would much prefer the War Department to feature drag queens and struggle sessions. Hegseth demands something different: lethality. As a result, he commands loyalty, certainly from the extraordinary number of young Americans filling the services’ recruiting quotas, and also from the President. Whether or not you’ve given it, he’s earned yours too.
In this remarkable address to the Naval War College yesterday, Secretary Hegseth offers a very different vision for America’s defense than the social engineering disaster of the Obama-Biden years. It’s refreshing, im…