HEGSETH TRANSLATOR: The war was really messing with the economy, my man crush Donald Trump's popularity was cratering, and the war was no longer making me feel better about by masculinity insecurities. We had to do something different, so we just made a terrible deal with Iran.
GeoManKS, PhD
Negotiating to get what you want = Bad
Spending tens of billions to bomb and kill to accomplish none of your original objectives = strength.
For Hegseth, it’s not really about the result. It’s that he gets to blow things up.
