Marine67 🇺🇸

The thing that people don’t seem to understand about the attacks on Hegseth is that they extend to many of us. Congress and the media leverage attacks at the man directly for what he says more often than not. They attack his faith. Blunt language. His demeanor. Other more serious criticism includes calling him a war criminal. What normal people don’t understand is that this hits different for the GWOT generation in particular. It leaves many of us asking questions like: do they think I’m a war criminal too? I talk like Hegseth. Am I a deeply unserious person too? I pray to God and have invoked prayer before battle. Am I worthy of their scorn too? So the attacks are more than partisan hit jobs. In many ways, they are hits to us all. Because most of them are about his character and who he is as a person. One could argue that it’s just politics. I argue it’s something else. Because Hegseth is the living embodiment of our frustration as GWOT vets. What he is angry about; WE are angry about. Many of us in the military have suffered under the jackboot of divisive policies and restrictive ROEs for far too long. So a hit on him feels like a hit on many of us. I hope that explains the visceral reaction you’re all seeing in support of the man. We back him because we know exactly why he is the way he is.