Why Does Pete Hegseth Keep Talking About ‘Warfighters’?

 https://www.thefp.com/p/pete-hegseth-warfighters-fox-news-trump

Hegseth claims to speak for “guys like me and others in the service,” but his audience isn’t the troops. It’s the polarized right wing that wants to bring the culture wars into the U.S. military. We have an all-volunteer force, so most Americans do not serve. Those without that experience are easily fooled into thinking those in uniform, particularly those in frontline units, are all of one political persuasion. This is not true. And if Hegseth is the warfighting leader that he says he is, then he knows it. If you’ve ever served in any infantry or other frontline unit, you know that our military isn’t all MAGA and it isn’t all woke. It’s American. And as a point of pride, military officers don’t discuss their political views. Partly as a result, the military has avoided the culture wars that have infected so much of American society. Anyone who would profit from the divisions in civilian society by soiling the ranks of our military with those same divisions isn’t fit to lead it.