"The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we're doing here," Mr Hegseth said.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/not-a-dumb-politically-correct-war-hegseth-sets-operation-epic-fury-apart-from-past-conflicts/video/a69af9abb86ab691713ebf92cfcecc77?amp=&nk=f9d2fe64adc676914e051de7201f4a44-1772764411

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claims Operation Epic Fury is different from the “dumb politically correct wars” of the past. “The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here,” Mr Hegseth said. “Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still.”

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claims Operation Epic Fury is different from the “dumb politically correct wars” of the past.

“The dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here,” Mr Hegseth said.

[Blues Heron]

1. Dead is still dead, no change there.

Hegseth- the undertakers buddy

[Tim S]

2. So they're now doing dumb, politically INCORRECT wars now?

Well, if we are going FULL opposite then they are doing smart, politically incorrect peace now?? Hey, *that* sounds like fun!

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. He's insane

Just like the master he serves.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. Hegseth is addicted to macho posturing

[ms liberty]

4. Every time he opens his frickin' mouth he proves his unfitness for command at any level

Someone will frag that mf'er if they ever get the chance, and I don't care if they get him before our new Nuremburg trials do.

[leftstreet]

5. That makes zero sense

Is he saying the wars of the past were "politically correct?" How?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. Showing mercy to the weak, involving Black men, women

Probably

[leftstreet]

16. Conventional war? Culture war? War on Drugs?

rhetorical question of course

I think he's nutz

[hibbing]

7. What the hell does that mean

What have been the politically correct dumb wars that you speak of?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. ..

[Skittles]

15. he doesn't have to explain it

just those words are red meat to be fed to the rapid MAGAt base

[CanonRay]

20. I think he means war should have no rules.

Rules are "woke" and for wimps.

[Rafi]

24. You know the PC Vietnam war

Where we napalmed people and wiped out entire villages.

[Tanuki]

10. He's talking about war crimes. They're coming.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hegseth-insists-the-iran-conflict-is-not-iraq-and-is-not-endless

..."No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building quagmire, no democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives," Hegseth said.

[Tanuki]

13. Long history

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/08/does-pete-hegseth-even-believe-that-war-crimes-exist

..."War crimes, particularly avoiding being held to account for them, have been the great defining cause of Hegseth’s career. Referring to the Geneva conventions against war crimes, Hegseth wrote that US soldiers “should not fight by rules written by dignified men in mahogany rooms eighty years ago”. In his book, he recounted his contempt for being briefed in Iraq by a Jag officer giving guidance about the rules of engagement, referring to the Jags as “jagoffs”. His company, Charlie company, took the name “Kill company”, and posted a whiteboard with the number of kills, the “kill board”, which tallied up dead civilians. Hegseth defended the commanding officer, who “did cross the line at certain times”, but was “an American hero and a trained warrior”, to the New Yorker in 2009.
....
On air, he was a strident advocate for the pardoning of three men convicted or accused of war crimes. Army Lt Clint Lorance had been convicted of second-degree murder for ordering his troops to fire on three unarmed Afghan men. Green Beret Maj Mathew Golsteyn was accused of killing an unarmed Afghan man he had detained and of burning his body. On Fox & Friends, Hegseth said: “If he committed premeditated murder then I did as well … Put us all in jail.”

Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher in particular had become a martyr figure among the Maga faithful. The charges against him described especially gruesome behavior. He was accused of stabbing a 17-year-old captive fighter in the neck, posing with him before the killing and his body afterward for a video and photos. Gallagher was also charged with shooting civilians, including an elderly man and a young girl, which he denied. Ultimately, Gallagher was convicted only of posing with the corpse. Hegseth lobbied for his and the others’ pardons, and featured Gallagher and Golsteyn, his band of brothers, on an hour-long special on Fox called Modern Warriors, where he touted Gallagher as a “war hero”. Trump granted three acts of clemency on 15 November 2019, the success of Hegseth’s advocacy."...(more)

[leftstreet]

18. Ah, that actually makes sense

indeed

[kwolf68]

11. I don't get it

"dumb, politically correct wars of the past are the opposite of what we’re doing here"

What the fuck is he saying? First of all, you gotta get rid of "politically correct" and start using "woke" Pete. You are so 2007. And again, what the hell does this even mean? A PC War? I am at a loss. Not only should these pieces of shit not be running government, they probably need to be put into an institution.

[haele]

21. He doesn't understand that war crimes are defined to protect the soldier.

Unless he's claiming that all war is supposed to be "no quarter/no surrender".

In that case, he doesn't care about what happens when his stupid "special forces wannabe" young 19 -21 year olds decide to piss off the village they're posted near by getting drunk, raping a couple young girls or shooting civilians at random and a whole platoon will get slaughtered.

The torture and killing of US mercenaries in Fallujia during Iraq II was a direct result of the war crimes they (and other US personnel) had committed against civilians.

Kegsbreath's mind is rotted with hate and fear. If you don't recognize the humanity of your opponent, your opponent is not going to respect yours.

[kwolf68]

12. Who knew the band Slayer sang a song about this

Infiltration push reserves
Encircle the front lines
Supreme art of strategy
Playing on the minds
Bombard till submission
Take all to their graves
Indication of triumph:
The numbers that are dead

[0rganism]

14. Mr. Hegseth, you are batshit insane and you sound like a goddam Bond villain working for a Batman villain

Reality is completely ditching my suspension of disbelief on a daily basis.

[purr-rat beauty]

17. So...his opinion?

Dictates all this?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

19. The entire US military seems to be run via his personal beliefs of religion, gender, race, politics

[B.See]

22. Here's the translation I come up with:

"We're now a fascist state under the thumb of a dictator, to whom Congress and the SC have abdicated their own worth and function, one answerable to NO ONE..

a kleptocracy hell bent on regime change and world domination, for power and PLUNDER, for as long as he wants to, Trunp said...

and replete with demonized others, hunted down, rounded up and sent to concentration camps where people, families, kids are kept in cages.

Seig heil, nazi mfkr.

[Iggo]

23. So it IS a war.

[AZJonnie]

25. This fascist asshole is still bitter he wasn't allowed to just murder ANYONE in Iraq he wanted to

It's clear that to Kegsbreath's thinking, in "war" you should just be able to kill, kill, kill (and probably rape, rape, rape) with complete impunity, and his resentment over being even slightly reined in just oozes out of every pore.

He won't come out and say it, he's always couching it in language like he does here, but everyone knows what he means.

[Whip-poor-will]

27. Rape

War is rape without the sex

[Iggo]

28. ...and often with.

[Whip-poor-will]

26. Greaser clown

Last edited Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:23 AM - Edit history (1)

Iran could be Vietnam jackass , politically incorrect after all ..

Is it politically correct to bomb schools ,a war crime, HE is responsible for personally ?

[Baitball Blogger]

29. Said the man who welcomes the End Times.

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Pete Hegseth is a NAZI turd.

The people I know who are "Woke" cherish the quaint concept called "Peace."

[Blue_Roses]

31. He's on a manic high

He's on something. All this grandiose talk is showing just how inept he is at this job and he's an embarrassment.
.

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. Roid rage I'm guessing

[madinmaryland]

33. He is correct. None of our wars were a "Wag the Dog" and protect the PEDO.