'We Are Done With This Sh*t': Hegseth, Trump Blast Wokeness In Military Before Unimpressed Generals
As previously reported, Pete Hegseth's big Tuesday speech at Quantico, for which some 800 Generals and Admirals from their bases around the world were summoned, focused on the 'warrior ethos' and tightening up discipline among all branches of the military. He also laid out his vision for the armed forces at a moment that two major conflicts rage across the seas: Ukraine and Gaza.
He took the opportunity to declare a reversal of the woke culture which had for too long reigned at the Pentagon during the Biden administration. "No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship. No more division, distraction, or gender delusions. No more debris. As I've said before, and will say again - we are done with this shit," the Pentagon chief emphasized.
"From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this, war fighting, preparing for war and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit," he said.
He at one point used the old slogan that goes well back into the Reagan administration and beyond of presenting a national posture of "peace through strength" by the military.
Apart from issuing what has long been the articulated stance of the administration on battling woke trends in the military, one substantive moment came when Hegseth vowed no more nation-building:
"They said 'never again' to mission creep or nebulous end states," Hegseth said. "The same holds true today. Our civilian and military leadership is chock-full of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who say 'never again' to nation building and nebulous end states."
He said "this clear-eyed view — all the way to the White House" and Mr. Trump's "military buildup" would posture the U.S. for future victories.
“To our enemies: F A F O.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/we-are-done-sht-hegseth-trump-blast-wokeness-military-unimpressed-generals