Posted on 03/02/2026 6:54:44 PM PST by Rummyfan
When you’ve constructed a cartoon version of the world in your mind, what do you do when reality proves it wrong?
If you’re the leftist establishment, you certainly don’t rethink your assumptions.
Late Friday, New York Times columnist David French snarkily referred to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as a “walking MAGA caricature” on X.
Four hours later, Hegseth’s troops were pounding Iran in an intricate series of strikes that left its evil regime reeling.
The response to French — who has not withdrawn his sneer — was unsympathetic.
My favorite: “Let’s have a contest . . . you and Pete show up at Fort Bragg, see who the troops respect more.”
Is Hegseth a caricature?
To French and his ilk, maybe; but to many others, he’s a guy who gets results.
Presumably a 1945 David French would have considered Gen. George S. Patton a caricature, too.
But the thing is, like Patton, Hegseth not only talks tough, and acts tough; he is tough.
The raids on Iranian nuclear plants, the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from within his nation’s largest military base, the destruction of Ayatollah Khamenei and his senior leadership — all were masterstrokes of military planning and execution.
“We didn’t start this war,” Hegseth declared Monday, “but we are finishing it.”
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French immediately deplored the U.S. missile attack on the girls school in his X account- totally going in on Iranian propaganda.
David Frenchy is a useful idiot for the globalist slime.
Hegseth, Rubio and Trump are the most amazing men I’ve seen in my lifetime. I’m in absolute awe of these men.
The sheer complexity of the raids on Iran, the intel needed, the coordination and planning with the Israelis, keeping it secret from The Swamp, is just staggering. The number of men, ships, planes, and munitions is absolutely staggering...and to coordinate it all like a symphony. And to pull it all off so far and lose only four men. Wow.
Swagger yes but the Pro-Saudi Sunni Islam Neocon post-9/11 policy is completed with regime change in Shia Islam Iran factually speaking.
This war is a Bush War carried out by Donald Trump and Company.
Trump has a young cabinet. Some of those cabinet secretaries will still be around in 30-40 years.
Pete Hegseth is only 45 years old.
I agree. I think God is helping them out too.
The death count is up to 6 now, sadly. That’s still about the same as one average tranny rampage though - in exchange for 57+ terrorists, an Arab world united against terrorism even by their own religion, and (hopefully) eventual peace for the region. Pretty amazing.
The headline misspelled effete.
David frenches Zerobama’s rear port.
DNI Gabbard is awesome, too.
Isaiah 50:7
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed
French is a bottom.
That may be true but we can't forget the war in Iraq so we won't make the same mistake again.
Tulsi was my Congress critter for a few years.
I never voted for her as she claims to be a Democrat.
But she is ethical and a good surfer.
What brand of booze are you drinking today?
You people are either crazy or stupid.
Although you could be both, that is possible.
Iran has been waging an asymmetrical war on the United States for decades. Their President openly declared war on us in December.
Well the lion has finally had it with the hyenas crap and opened a #10 can of whoop ass on them.
And you people, when you’re not pimping your pathetic blog anyway, do nothing but wave the word “neocon” around like it’s some kind of talisman that automatically ends the debate in your favor.
Guess what. It doesn’t.
L
What really pissed off all of the democrats, UK, EU and the CCP is that Trump and Netanyahu forced the Iranian regime to show their true colors and deranged minds:
Iran didn’t just attack the US bases and Israel, the Iranian regime launched hundreds of missiles and drones across the gulf, at targets in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
Everyone’s eyes are wide open to the psychotic Iranian regime and it’s proxy terrorist groups!
That includes Russia and China.
With a name like French, of course he’s in favor of surrender.
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