Archive article: https://archive.is/EfZkV “We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said. “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression,” he added. “We’re going to cut our hair, shave our beards, and adhere to standards.”

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    Bad optics, at that. Hegseth just created the single largest opsec failure that the US has seen in over a century and used it to complain to career military generals that they look too woke.

    If literally any other man tried this at any other time in American history he’d be in front of a court martial so fast your head would spin.

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      21 hours ago

      We owe Benedict Arnold an apology. He had way better reasons for defecting, and was a legitimate soldier and commander before then.

      I can’t say the same of any member of the Trump Regime.