Chuck DarwinMar 8

Pete Hegseth, 45, a former Fox News TV host who now commands the world’s most powerful military, has this week become the face of Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

That has set off for alarm bells for critics who warn that the Secretary of Defense – pointedly rebranded “Secretary of War” – has rapidly transformed the Pentagon into the staging ground for an ideological and religious crusade.

With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say,
Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.
This was reinforced by a lurid social media video that intersperses clips from Hollywood blockbusters such as Braveheart, Gladiator, Superman and Top Gun with Hegseth and real kill-shot footage of the attacks in Iran.

Janessa Goldbeck, chief executive of Vet Voice Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy organisation, said:
“Pete Hegseth is a very dangerous person.
He’s a white Christian nationalist
and has the arsenal of the United States government at his disposal
and a permission slip from President Trump to deploy carnage wherever he wishes against whomever he wishes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

The Guardian
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@cdarwin Remember when Harris had an annoying laugh or whatever and something something Liz Cheney Gaza She Told Those Protesters She Was Speaking, therefore we needed to really fix her wagon by staying home in November 2024 and permitting these inept psychotic shitstains to control every material aspect of our futures again?

I think about that often.

Mar 8 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadPunnamaraju Vinayaka TejasMar 9
@TagYourToe @cdarwin i do too. Yes, Harris's position on Gaza was abominable, but the alternative was a candidate whose position on Gaza is even more abominable, along with his positions on any other topic. I don't know if this speaks to sexism via demanding higher standards of women, or to liberal purity culture.
Show threadTag Your ToeMar 9
@PVTejas @cdarwin It speaks to you all being as manipulatible as sculptor's clay.