"It is a truth generally acknowledged that Pete Hegseth is a muttonhead. . .
MAUREEN DOWD Maureen Dowd is an Opinion columnist for The Times.
She won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. She is the author, most recently, of “Notorious.” @MaureenDowd • Facebook
She won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. She is the author, most recently, of “Notorious.” @MaureenDowd • Facebook
Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
". . .But I come not to bury the self-proclaimed “secretary of war,” rather to praise him.
He
is going to spur some superlative Pentagon coverage.
Because nothing
gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building
where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs. . ."
HERE'S THE KICKER:
"Hegseth, immature and unconfident, cannot accept that a free press is integral to democracy. As Thomas Jefferson put it:
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government
without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not
hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
Hopefully, the defense secretary who will take over when Hegseth is undone by the press for his ineptitude and un-American diktats will understand that.
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