Hegseth Is Straining The Military With His Security Demands
Pete “Whiskeyleaks” Hegseth keeps endangering the rest of us with his shocking unfitness for the job of defense secretary. Besides his jaw-dropping security breaches in Signalgate, Pentagon officials have said his mismanagement, preoccupation with optics and personal loyalty have “caused bureaucratic logjams [and] brought some basic, but essential military business to a standstill.”
So, it’s not a huge surprise that Hegseth’s security demands benefit himself to the detriment of the United States.
Don’t get me wrong. Even a total creep like Kegsbreath deserves to be safe. It’s just too bad he and his fellow Trumpers don’t seem to care about making sure the rest of us are, too.
The Washington Post reported on the strains on our military Hegseth is causing:
Army CID [Criminal Investigation Division] has faced significant staffing and budgetary shortfalls for years, but new demands since Hegseth’s arrival in January have put added pressure on the agency, officials said.
“We have complete inability to achieve our most basic missions,” one person said.
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