The Maturing of Defense Secretary Hegseth

 The Maturing of Defense Secretary Hegseth 

 More proof that to deter China, Russia must be defeated in Ukraine to give credence to a “peace through strength” American policy and posture. Actions not only speak louder than words, they are usually the only things adversaries understand.

"On May 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. This is the world’s highest profile international meeting of national security officials; and certainly the most watched, because it was the debut appearance of a key cabinet member of President Donald Trump’s second term. Hegseth’s appointment was controversial. He is a decorated combat veteran who stressed the “warrior ethos” against various “woke” notions that degraded the military profession. But as a Fox news anchor, he had expressed naïve strategic views that tended toward isolationism. His message in Singapore calmed these fears.

"His primary focus was on threats from China. “It has to be clear to all that Beijing is credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. We know. It's public that Xi has ordered his military to be capable of invading Taiwan by 2027,” he warned. Then he pledged “Again, to be clear: any attempt by Communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There's no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real.” Hegseth also pointed out that Beijing has ambitions across the region, from the Philippines to Japan.

"America is responding by increasing the forward deployment of forces in the region, not just the Navy which President Trump started to expand in his first term and is accelerating in his second with a trillion-dollar defense budget, but also with units from all the services. The Marines just deployed a new anti-ship missile battery in Luzon that not only protects the Philippines but would also reach a Chinese Taiwan invasion force. “We must ensure that China cannot dominate us -- or our allies and partners. Maintaining the status quo requires strength. That's just a rational, common-sense goal that all should be able to live with” declared Hegseth." . . . 

Pete Hegseth orders the Navy’s Harvey Milk to be renamed   "Would anyone ever suggest naming a ship after Alfred Kinsey? Jimmy Savile? (Well we wouldn’t, but leftists clearly would.) Then why Harvey Milk? Call me “old-fashioned” and “anti-progress” all you like, but naming ships after prolific pedophiles is always going to be a he** no for me.

"According to a report at Military.com, the U.S. Navy will be renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, an oiler ship that’s been sailing under the disgraceful name since the Obama years. Per the same report, the order is directly from Pete Hegseth, with the decision being “intentional” in its timing. It’s a fantastic message to the perverts who are used to “celebrating” this month as “Pride”: Your sexual perversions and your “icons” do not deserve recognition, honor, or memorialization.

. . ."Speaking of disturbed—back to Milk. Milk was a known predator and pederast who had a sexual appetite for young boys: at the age of 33, Milk was engaged in sexual relations with a young runaway teenager, who was just 16 or 17 years old at the time. If you’re like me, you consider that…rape." . . .  Olivia Murray

‘I’m Shocked! Shocked, I Say!’

 Issues & Insights  

. . ."Maybe parents arguing that boys ought not to be robbing their daughters of sporting opportunities might, sort of, have a point? Possibly letting any man who says ‘I’m a woman’ into the locker room with twelve-year-old girls could have a downside, after all?" . . .   

"Even Jill Biden’s press secretary is turning against the Bidens in indignation — now that it is safe and even fashionable."

"By now, you must know a book is coming out written by one of the components of the media hivemind revealing a “secret” that was no secret to anyone who was not a liberal, to wit, that Joe Biden did not have his wits about him. Essentially, he was witless.

"The CNN “journalist” who wrote the book states that the White House kept this “secret” from everyone, including the media hivemind, and he is shocked that it occurred. Shocked!

"Except that even before Biden became president, it was evident to anyone who was not a true believer that the man had dementia. He was just a sock puppet for the secret Politburo that was running the country. Each instance was suppressed (i.e., censored) by the media hivemind, a routine tactic.

"His numerous public lies during the presidency apparently were not lies, but rather things he thought in his dementia were true, like claims that he went to Israel during the Six Day War, that his grandfather was an All-American football player, the Mexican president was calling the shots in Gaza, that he was raised in a synagogue or a Puerto Rican community, that America has 54 states, etc. Equally ignored by the media — which now pretends to be indignant at being kept in the dark — were his frequent mumbling words in mid-sentence, his shaking hands with air.

"Then there was the time he walked off into the jungle after a speech.

"And even though they were from the hivemind, the White House staff was terrified to present him to reporters should one of them decide to become a real journalist (no worries there). Even though some of these disasters occurred in public, during ceremonies, the hivemind knew better than to report news.

"No wonder Biden spent 40% of his presidency on vacation.

"Nevertheless, well-deserved ridicule has been a result, both here and abroad. TikTok has been burning up with compilations of journalists and Democrats enthusiastically proclaiming the walking cadaver to be mentally sharp and involved in national and international matters.

"If there was something as disgraceful as to what the media hivemind did, it must be pointed out that Republican politicians said nothing. They all did what was easy instead of what was right." . . .

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The Israel Guys  How ridiculous when "skulls full of mush" think Jews trying to protect themselves from being annihilated are called "Nazis".

"Under the wings of Almighty the Jewish nation dwells. Surely He is their defender and is with the warriors when they go into battles against the enemies. The world has taken the side of the enemy, and will be punished for the hatred of Israel. And He is going to deliver the nation from those who come against it. The Holy Land has the Lord's signature over it, and He is the Sovereign." Comment to this post.

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"When demonstrators wave the flags of terrorist organizations, wear headbands celebrating those same groups, and publicly commemorate the martyrdom of terrorist leaders such as Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, they’re not throwing the bomb, but their message can light the fuse."

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