COS endorser humiliates CNN

News flash: the United States is in grave danger… and it’s all thanks to Pete Hegseth!!

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of military readiness?

Physical preparedness?

Strength?

Toughness?

Determination?

Climate justice????

Yeah, right, climate justice is the first phrase that came to your mind. (If it did, you belong in a wimpy country like Canada.) 

Think about the greatest, most formidable armies and empires throughout history. What made the military legends of old — Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Khan — so fearsome? I can tell you one thing for sure: it was not that they were overly concerned about stepping on flowers or melting ice caps.

History’s strongest armies have always emphasized — drumroll, please — strength (what a novel concept)! The United States is no exception to this rule.

…Which is why it’s embarrassing that CNN actually ran the following headline over the weekend: “Officials and experts warn that Pentagon plans to cut climate programs will hurt national security.”

According to the article, “As the Pentagon and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency set their sights on climate-related programs at the Defense Department, officials and experts are warning that slashing them could put US troops and military operations at risk, both in the near and long term.”

Specifically, CNN targeted Convention of States endorser and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for canning climate initiatives and other “woke” programs at the Pentagon. Will Rogers, the former senior climate adviser to the secretary of the Army (an utterly disgraceful “military” job), complained Hegseth’s effort could have a “paralyzing effect.”

Good grief.

Where to begin?

For starters, I can think of a boatload of decisions from the previous administration that actually endangered national security. Nothing screams weakness quite like doddering around cluelessly at international summits and other high-stakes meetings with world leaders. Nothing signals spinelessness quite like whispering listless, half-hearted threats against the country’s most hostile enemies. The point is: climate-related programs are the least of our concerns.

And while CNN may not have published many panicky pieces about those threats to national security, we’re supposed to believe them that this one is a big deal! 

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Hegseth’s refreshingly virile, openly patriotic leadership style has sparked a massive surge in military enlistments. After missing its recruitment goal by nearly 25% in 2022 and 2023, the U.S. Army is already on track to surpass its fiscal year 2025 goal. According to Military.com, “The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in recent years.”

“I’m pleased to report that in January, the U.S. Army had its single best recruiting month in 15 years and that all armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever in the history of our country,” Mr. Hegseth revealed. “What a tremendous turnaround. They love our country and they love being in our military again.”

Sounds promising, right? Just don’t get too excited. Strapping young men are flocking to the military again, but CNN reminds us that they might not believe in climate change.

For some reason, we’re supposed to be very concerned about that.

In an interview with CNN, Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot explained the Defense Department is working to “restore the warrior ethos and refocus our military on its core mission of deterring, fighting and winning wars.”

“Climate zealotry and other woke chimeras of the Left are not part of that core mission,” he added.

It’s unfortunate that, in today’s world, we even have to explain why our armed forces should be focused on, you know, winning wars. Yet, here we are.

“John is, of course, correct,” Hegseth confirmed. “The [Department of Defense] does not do climate change crap. We do training and warfighting.”

The media, along with their trusted “officials and experts,” will continue to pretend that this, somehow, makes us weak. In fact, the exact opposite is true. 

Pete Hegseth is making our military strong, determined, and proud again, revitalizing our soldiers with a robust view of what it means to be warriors, patriots, and Americans. And CNN seriously wants us to worry about climate change? Give us a break.

CNN should be humiliated.