Salon.com's wonderful Amanda Marcotte has some thoughts on clownish, butched-up TV pundit turned Secretary of War Defense "Whisky Pete" Hegseth and his transparent persona as a "tough guy," now that we're in a real war with a serious adversary:
"Hegseth’s Saturday morning cartoon idea of manhood, though, has impressed other men of similar persuasions. One is podcaster Joe Rogan, who praised Hegseth last fall, crowing that there was 'no more identity politics' and whining about 'guys in dresses' in the military. In December, the head of Hegseth’s church’s denomination, Doug Wilson, celebrated the secretary as a counterweight to “men with a My-Little-Pony fetish.” Last year the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh applauded Hegseth for supposedly sticking it to “nagging” women who insist that gender does not disqualify them to serve in the military.
As long as Hegseth keeps his chest-thumping and pull-up contests in the land of make-believe, these men are happy. Like their hero, the only masculine strength they seem interested in is the kind performed for cameras, far away from real-world challenges that might easily defeat their self-image as the mightiest of men. Hegseth, however, had to ruin it all by leading the U.S. into a real war with Iran. Unlike the imaginary wars conducted in right-wing rhetoric, which are won by yelling 'no homo,' real wars are hard. They require planning, foresight and smart people, including women and minorities, to win — and even then, only if you’re quite lucky. War is not for clowns and fake tough guys." (our emphasis)
Clowns and fake tough guys are what we have now in political positions throughout the Government, epitomized by the draft-dodging, makeup-wearing, senile felon currently staining the White House. If this were peacetime, it would be merely laughable, but war is serious business best not left to fools like the Malignant Fascist and his loudmouth, chest-thumping Pentagon chief.
(photos: Cadet Bone Spurs and Whiskey Pete, not so macho)
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