dailycaller.com By Mary Rooke
Due to President-elect Donald Trump nominating veteran Pete Hegseth as the Secretary of Defense, the country is once again revisiting the conversation about military readiness and its recruitment problem.
The Atlantic, a leftist rag if there ever was one, spent precious time and publishing space to claim that Hegseth’s comments about the negative effects of women in combat were wrong. They argue that Hegseth is unfairly lumping female military service members into a broader conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Pete Hegseth has said that women should no longer have combat roles in the military. His comments reflect a broader tendency among Trump and his allies to treat every evolution in social norms as a DEI project gone awry, @juliettekayyem writes: https://t.co/GVYYRsPJpu
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 23, 2024
“These comments reflect a broader tendency among Trump and his allies to treat every evolution in social norms as a triumph of ‘wokeness’—a DEI project gone awry,” The Atlantic wrote. “Men with higher ranks and much greater responsibility than Hegseth long ago recognized that ending combat exclusion wasn’t primarily a matter of women’s equality, but of military readiness.”
Hegseth made headlines when an interview he did with podcast host Shawn Ryan went viral. In it, he argued that women shouldn’t be placed in combat roles because it affects the lethality and readiness of our military…
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