How in the Hell Can a Degenerate Like Pete Hegseth be in Control of our Nation’s Military?

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

In every administration in my lifetime, the position of Secretary of Defense, now labeled the “Secretary of War,” by your illegitimate president, was critical to our nation’s future and to our relationship with our allies from nearly every other country in the world.

As a pollical reporter, I remember the worst. Robert McNamara was hated by nearly every young man in my age group. Those of us who never served on the ground in South Vietnam constantly questioned the justification for a war halfway around the world and felt great anger as we watched our family, friends, and acquaintances arrive home in body bags.

Even more evil was George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. It is an undeniable fact that he was incompetent, but the fact that he displayed a total lack of concern for the lives of our military in Afghanistan and Iraq earned him the title of worst of all time. This and other actions, approved by Bush, confirmed their attacks by the World Court as “war criminals.”

However, in 2025, we have an even worse contender: Pete Hegseth. Trump demanded three qualifications from those seeking positions in his administration: loyalty, willingness to lie to protect him, and total incompetence. He succeeded with every choice.

In Pete Heseth, he hit the jackpot. In the past, Hegseth came to work drunk, and after work embarrassed himself with displays of public intoxication. His own mother called him a “womanizer.” At least once he embezzled funds from a military charity he was hired to lead. As the fake Secretary of War, he is displaying a level of ignorance and arrogance surpassed only by his Fuhrer.

On Tuesday, he gathered more than 800 men and women who lead our military forces at Quantico, Virginia. Like Trump, his speech was far from inspirational and void of gratitude for their service. What he did was to attack each and every one of them.

The former part-time Fox News personality began with a few words so arrogant and disrespectful, having been in the military myself for a short time, I would have slapped him in the face and kicked him in his balls, if he has any.

 Hegseth declared it “completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals” in the military.

Another remark offered additional proof that the Trump administration is composed of Neo-Nazis who support the end of democracy in America, and renounce “liberty and justice for all.”

He made many despicable and radical statements. He went as far as he could attempting to join Trump in his efforts to turn our military against its own people and become blood thirsty thugs like ICE.

 “You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct, and don’t necessarily belong always in polite society.” And: “The only people who actually deserve peace are those who are willing to wage war to defend it,” Hegseth said, seemingly suggesting that freedom from war should not be considered a human right.

It is an insult to every man and woman who gave his or her life for their loved ones back home, that Hegseth is leading today’s military forces with full support from our nation’s greatest draft dodger amd traitor, Donald John Trump.

Trump and his Washington Mafia must be removed from our nation’s capital ASAP. They hate the America in which I was raised and protected for 79 years. I am not suggesting that our leaders are without fault, that they never made mistakes, but I do believe that most men and women who served in our government and our military were loyal to their country. That was, until Trump and his fascist party amassed great power on Capitol Hill.

God bless America, and God Damn Trump and his hate-filled administration.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Sources: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/30/2346197/-Hegseth-s-racism-is-hidden-in-plain-sight?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-military-generals-meeting-fat-rcna234712

 

 

 

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