REVIEW: Pete Hegseth's 'War On Warriors',
The Cultural Rot Infecting Our Military
Posted By: mc squared, 6/8/2024 11:37:58 AM
Author Pete Hegseth has released his fourth book, titled The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free. Hegseth pulls no punches in his examination of the cultural rot infesting the military. Our uniformed men and women are part of an institution that we thought was immune from compromising meritocracy, but no longer seems to be. [snip] Within weeks of taking office, Joe Biden's Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, issued a “Stand Down” order to the entire Department of Defense. A stand-down order is generally reserved for something objectively in need of repair or address
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A review of Peter Hegsith's book on our current military preparedness.
If Joebama wanted to destroy our ability to defend ourselves, what would he have done differently?