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The Speech the Pentagon Didn’t Want, but the Military Needed
War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s headline-grabbing speech in Quantico this week has irked the professional commentary class but is drawing accolades from those who matter — the men and women on the frontlines of America’s defense.

Hegseth’s remarks to every general officer in the U.S. military, which called for a force-wide military reset and realignment back to warfighting fundamentals, were derided in all the usual places. The Atlantic led with “hundreds of generals try to keep a straight face.” The New York Times wrote, “his address focused on the kinds of issues he would have dealt with as a young platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq or as a company commander in the Guard. He talked about grooming standards. . . . He preached the importance of physical fitness . . . [he said] without presenting any evidencek, that standards had been lowered across the force over the last decade to meet arbitrary racial and gender quotas” (evidence of that here, should NYT researchers need assistance for future stories). MSNBC’s header proclaimed the speech “was even worse than expected.” “Without presenting any evidence”? This dick-with-ears MUST be joking, after we all saw Old Media story after Old Media story extolling every latest slackening of the standards for scary bull daggers, “transgender” freaks who only enlisted in the first place for free surgical removal of unwanted male courting tackle, fat-body femiNazis incapable of cranking 1 (one) single fucking push up, etc etc etc.

Truth is, Hegseth stood up strong and tall and said some things that desperately needed saying, no more nor less. Obvious things; things so common-sensical and self-evident that, for most Normals, it’s difficult to understand how such basic, ground-zero home truths became too controversial, too red-scorching hot hot HOT, for civilized adults to discuss anymore—not quietly, not among their closest friends or relatives, not obliquely, not in jest. Somehow, these elemental truths, innocuous and universally accepted for many years, had suddenly become taboo, off-limits, unfit for polite, intelligent, decent company.Why, it just isn’t DONE, dearie! 

Happily, the SecWar is trying his best to prod the dysfunctional American military Leviathan—once so nimble it was practically invincible, now so bloated, cumbersome, and over-bureaucratized it can no longer move of its own volition, much less plan, prosecute, and prevail in for-real actual shooting war— in the right direction: towards good training, proper military discipline, physical conditioning, and a soldierly mental attitude, and away from political correctness, haplessness, INdiscipline, self-indulgence, and sloppy, slovenly habits of both body and mind.

Certainly,.the speech was chock-a-block with great stuff—stuff which, in the ears of Normals, sounds like just good, old-fashioned horse-sense, the kind of stuff which used to be thought kinda silly to even bring up, unless some young kid asked a question about it.

These things, taken as read by adults for, oh, a couple of centuries or so, are even now being mulched into fodder by shitlibs for more of their bog-standard fits of apoplectic hysteria and mad predictions of imminent global catastrophe; genocide by the goddamned Jew bastards; the wanton oisoning of our oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, and creeks; the burning off and dispersal into Deep Space of Earth’s atmosphere by Teh E-ville Rich, who just enjoy doing things like that; and the extinction of all plant, animal, and human life on Earth, probably brought about by some unholy agglomeration of Trump, MAGAts, Big Pharma, Elon Musk, Netanyahu, cops, Xtians, and American automakers.

Ahh, but Hegseth ain’t having any of that guff:

His specific directions about basic training, “To that point, basic training is being restored to what it should be. Scary, tough, and disciplined. We’re empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future war fighters are forged. Yes, they can shark attack. They can toss bunks. They can swear. And yes, they can put their hands on recruits. This does not mean they can be reckless or violate the law, but they can use tried and true methods to motivate new recruits to make them the warriors they need to be.”

He stated that standards, not “immutable characteristics,” were his touchstone. In particular, he took aim at the benighted policies that have led to the introduction of women into Ranger and Special Forces units, when it is widely believed the physical standards were cooked to permit them to pass.

But when it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender-neutral. If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is. If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it. That is not the intent, but it could be the result, so be it. It will also mean that weak men won’t qualify because we’re not playing games.

But if the words I’m speaking today are making your heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign. We would thank you for your service. But, I suspect, I know, the overwhelming majority of you feel the opposite. These words make your hearts full. You love the War Department because you love what you do: the profession of arms. You are hereby liberated to be the apolitical, hard-charging, no-nonsense constitutional leader that you joined the military to be. We need you locked in on the M, not the D, the E, or the I. Not the DEI or the DIE of dime. By that I mean the M, Military, of the instruments of national power.

On the whole, I think Hegseth did what needed to be done. He set some clear standards, most of which will be welcomed. Delivering it to the entirety of the GOFO commanders and their senior enlisted representatives will ensure that there isn’t a cohesive resistance. However, I suspect some careers will come to a screeching halt when they are found to be dragging their feet, if not outright refusing to comply.

As they damned well ought to, and without any dithering, aw-shucksing, or further fiddle-farting about. Any and all such disgruntled Sad Sacks should be de-mobbed at the first hint of foot-dragging or refusal to to the line—thrown out on their un-soldierly cans with a Dishonorable Discharge, perhaps a court-martial for the very worst cases. After all, we have other words for that kind of thing: insubordination, malingering, shirkihg, dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming, sedition, mutiny, to name but a few.

Hegseth is dead on the money regarding what exactly has gone so terribly wrong with our once-mighty military, and what it will take to put things right again. He’s looking more and more like being the absolute best of Trump’s picks for exalted positions, leapfrogging my girl Tulsi and leaving even her fine self in his dust.

Is it any big surprise that the man leaves witless Woketards flopping around on the floor like landed fish, screaming themselves purple-faced from fear, mindless rage, and hatred, and choking on their own putrescent bile with everything he does, says, or suggests?

A: No. No, it is NOT.

As sensible sorts would expect, the reaction to the unveiling of the Hegseth Plan To Revive, Restore, and Renew the US military from actual people who are actually, y;know, in the actual fucking military—as opposed to the pissypants, sissy-maries, and dainty fancyboys bitching, moaning, and whining like spoiled brats in the first excerpt above—none of which malignancies have ever A) scrubbed a barracks toilet with their own toothbrush; B) shouldered a seventy-pound ruck, strapped on his rifle, sidearm, web-gear with attached flashlight, combat knife, canteen, flash-bangs, field-expedient cookware, and extra magazines, then moved out on a twenty-five-mile Motivation March; C) worn Woodland-pattern BDUs, Level 4 body armor, boonie hat, and desert boots, or D) got the vaguest inkling as to what the Manual Of Arms might refer to, much less either seen it done or attempted it themselves—was somewhat different.

Garrett Smith, an active-duty Marine Corps reservist and CEO of defense tech firm Reveal, said the spectacle was unusual but not without precedent.

“This is a historic come-to-Jesus meeting,” said Chad Robicheaux, a former reconnaissance Marine who deployed to Afghanistan eight times. “The message is clear. The days of divisiveness, resistance and undermining leadership are over.”

“It was crystal clear. Generals and admirals are on notice. Comply and enforce these new policies and culture or be fired. No more woke leaders,” said Amber Smith, a combat veteran and advisor with the Coalition for Military Excellence.

And on that note, let’s enjoy ourselves a wee bit more of the Wit And Wisdom Of Pete Hegseth, shall we?

The topic today is about the nature of ourselves, because no plan, no program, no reform, no formation will ultimately succeed unless we have the right people and the right culture at the Department of War,” Hegseth told the group.

He emphasized that combat fitness tests would be gender-neutral and that high-level officers would need to meet standards.

“It’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country and the world. It’s a bad look. It’s not who we are,” he said. “Whether you’re an airborne Ranger or a chairborne Ranger, a brand-new private or a four-star general, you need to meet the height and weight standards and pass your PT test.”

Hegseth announced that all personnel must pass physical training tests and meet weight requirements twice a year and would be required to work out daily.

“We’re not talking, like, hot yoga and stretching,” he said. “Real hard PT.”

I don’t doubt that you are, Secretary Hegseth, sir. Now back to more rank-n-file reax. From what he says next, I get the feeling that this Smith fellow maybe has some issues with the current President.

Smith, who comes from the infantry, said the focus on standards for physical readiness was part of that shift.

“If we want to present a deterring force to the world so we don’t have to go to war, we have to be ready to win the next war. That is the deterrent force we project,” he said.

At the same time, Smith acknowledged the cultural edge of Hegseth’s message.

“There was an obvious and very clear anti-woke, anti-social justice threat in there. That is unique to this administration, and it has to be a part of their message every time. That’s not a surprise given the last four or five years.”

Nor should it be. Nor should any other thing Real Americans decide to do about and/or to their shitlib antagonists in the days ahead, up too and including retaliatory violence, maiming, ass-whupping, and/or outright killing the lousy cocksuckers.

Whatever unpleasantness is eventually dished out to shitlib scoundrels, regardless of how excruciating, injurious, or excessive it might seem in the moment, will be eminently deserved. By their own actions have they brought Hell down on their heads, even though they’ll never cease blaming everybody BUT themselves for it.

Fact is, however severe their punishment, they’ve done much, much worse, have done repeatedly over lo, these many years, with nary an expression of apology, regret, or remorse proffered to the untold millions they’ve so detestably wronged.