Something that we pride ourselves on this show
is not getting sucked into political talk at
all So you would not have to worry about us covering
topics such as like Hegseth and stating that
quote the era of politically correct Overly sensitive
don't hurt anyone's feelings leadership ends
right now End quote new quote no more division
distraction or gender delusions, you know, we
wouldn't cover stuff like Him issuing new directives
that will raise physical standards for everyone
in uniform to a quote male level We wouldn't
cover the talk of toughening grooming standards
Him saying that he doesn't want to see quote
no more fat generals around Pentagon Which is
great and like this is like the quality that
you can really expect from this show Like, you
know, we're not going to cover, you know Stuff
where he would say stuff, you know, quote, no
more beardos, right? The era of unacceptable
appearance is over. So these are things that
you don't have to worry about us covering it
because everyone covers that. And also, you know,
him saying, quote, simply put, if you do not
meet the male. level physical standards for combat
positions cannot passive PT tests or don't want
to shave and look professional. It's time for
a new position or a new profession. So like we
wouldn't cover stuff like that. But if that was
something that we would cover, Alex, what are
your thoughts on those? So as someone who used
to be in the military There's a lot here that
was said for anybody who's watching this on YouTube
later anybody who's new to the show I spent 23
years in the army Okay, I am retired. I am a
retired senior non -commissioned officer from
the army now generally speaking On social media
and places like this I I and I not in the facetious
way that jay just said about us not talking about
politics because we do talk about politics on
this show a lot Why because we fucking can uh,
it's our show. We get to talk about what we want.
Um That being said I generally try and stay out
of this. I I did watch chunks of of secretary
hake says speech um and And it's it's a joke.
It's a joke. Okay, he's a joke It's a joke Okay,
um And we're gonna we're gonna address a couple
things that we send the chat here in a minute
Let's kind of go through this the arrow of politically
correct overly sensitive Don't hurt anyone's
feelings leadership ends now the only people
who've had to worry about that for the last 15
years are assholes Okay You can be a leader and
you can make your fucking point without insulting
people It's not necessary. I spent the majority
of my career as a non -commissioned officer.
Do you know how many times I had to call someone
a derogatory slur? Never. Never. You don't need
to do it. The only people who've been griping
about this are the ones that use that as part
of their leadership style. Pete Hegseth, you
can tell by looking at the motherfucker that
he is the type of officer who needs to put people
down to make his point. Okay? That is not a valid
method of leadership in my opinion. I would say
in my learned opinion. And again, the only people
who were worried about this were people who were
assholes. If you're an asshole, people got upset
with you for being an asshole. Okay? But let's
start there. No more division, distraction, and
gender delusions, please. The division and distraction,
fuck you. That's all you've been since you got
put in your position as secretary. Okay? It is
a distraction that is constantly division in
the ranks. Gender delusion, look. I don't even
know where to go with that, Jay. Like... This
is part of the overarching kind of war on trans
people that this whole administration is going
through. I quite frankly think that if you're
a trans person and you feel like putting on a
uniform and signing a fucking contract, we should
let you. Your thoughts on that? Yeah, I was also
thinking about like the females that serve in
the military because he kind of keeps going back
and saying, like, very specifically male level.
And so I was kind of thinking, like, is he target
targeting now, like females in the military,
specifically females within combat arms? And
I went through that transition when I started
my career in combat arms. There were no women
in combat arms. It just didn't exist. It was
against the law. OK, there was a law. we did
not have women in combat arms positions. They
changed the law during the Obama administration
and it took a few years of implementation. Now
I will be the first one to admit when they first
talked about it I was a junior NCO and because
I had been brought up in combat arms and because
I'd been brought up in all male units I didn't
know how I felt about it initially, okay. I was
very nervous as a young leader in my 20s when
this all happened. I got over it. Okay, there's
a quote and I'm going to try and bring it up
from the West Wing. That he has. That that I
I absolutely love. That really kind of That really
kind of fixes it Okay, and we'll talk about that
in a second. Let's kind of run through this Actually,
no, we're gonna do this now because this is good.
Hang on. I'm saying I'm gonna skip ahead to the
part. So they're having this debate This is before
we this show was made before we started allowing
gays in the military. So in the show they're
talking about taking care you're letting Homosexual
people serve openly in the military, right? So
then the big admiral guy who's a main character
writes played by John Amis. He comes in right
Sir Stand easy fellas Just Danish for anybody.
Oh, yes, sir Thank you. We're discussing gays
in the military, huh? Yes, sir What do you think
I? Said what do you think? Sir, we're here to
help the White House form a policy plan. I know.
I'm asking you what you think. Sir, we're not
prejudiced toward homosexuals. You just don't
want to see them serving in the armed forces.
No, sir, I don't. Because they pose a threat
to unit discipline and cohesion. Yes, sir. That's
what I think, too. I also think the military
wasn't designed to be an instrument of social
change. Yes, sir. The problem with that is that's
what they were saying about me 50 years ago.
Blacks shouldn't serve with whites. It would
disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt
the unit. The unit got over it. The unit changed.
I'm an admiral in the U .S. Navy and chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Beat that with
a stick. So that's that's kind of my my my view
on this, right? Oh, it's going to disrupt the
unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit.
The unit got over it. And I think largely with
with putting females in common terms, the units
got over it and it's fine. You can make an argument
that you should have a gender neutral physical
fitness test. For combat arms I don't have a
specific argument against that, right? If you
want a gender neutral physical fitness training
test for for combat arms units i'm That's the
one area where i'm like, okay sure You know what
you should be able to do 60 push -ups or whatever,
right? Uh, that's fine do gender neutral pt test
but beyond that stop it The beardos thingy, there's
a lot of people that have taken advantage of
the religious dispensation improperly. That's
true. It has happened. I'm Norse pagan. Are you,
or do you just want a beard? Right? They're still
going to allow religious dispensation for beards
for, like I served under a first sergeant who
was an Orthodox Jewish person. Right? and under
his cover he wore a yarmulke and he wore a beard
because he was an Orthodox Jew. Seek people.
Serve in the military. That's fine. He's talking
about a lot of the guys that get long -term profiles,
especially people who are of African -American
descent, who get the shaving bumps, which are
very, very painful. This is what you're worried
about? Honestly, soldiers have been begging for
them to just allow beards for years. This is
a constant argument with the Army is why can't
we just have beards? Can we just have beards?
Like everybody can have a beard. So the fact
that he's making this a big point, again, he's
a former major. He's got the good idea, Ferry.
He can shut up. The Fat Generals, again, he can't
make himself feel better without putting other
people down. That's his deal, right? He's just
an asshole. OK. Yeah, it's it's this. You've
got this one last note in here, so go ahead and
make your last note. We can talk about this this
next piece. Yeah. Which is Trump's Trump's thing
that he said when he talked to the generals.
Yeah. And something that we talked in pre shows
something that, you know, again, we don't cover
on this podcast because we don't cover political
stuff at all. I mean, so like we wouldn't cover
the fact that like, you know, Trump kind of floated
the idea that the National Guard should use.
and cities that are controlled by the Democrats
as training grounds in this war against quote
the enemy from within, which I. I don't know
every so everything about Trump's address me
as a civilian. I was just like, what the fuck?
Like I'm. Even the whole fact that he was like,
okay, like this is a super quiet room like you
guys can clap like right like come on like clap
if you don't want to clap like please leave and
you'll lose your rank and everything and even
I was able as a civilian able to really quickly
understand that there is a military code of conduct.
Maybe that's not the correct term here, but like
that prohibits them from actually clapping or
you know. causing any sort of reaction or noise
when being addressed in this manner. Is that
the correct term, Alex, like code of conduct?
Yes, there's a code of conduct because so this
is the thing that we get confused. Like the military
is supposed to be a military is not supposed
to be a political. It's a political body. It
has to be. The military is supposed to be nonpartisan,
right? That's the thing. Right. The reason you're
not allowed to go to partisan political events
in uniform is that as a service, the United States
military is not a partisan thing. Okay. We, they're
supposed to be nonpartisan. Um, it's, it's, it's
just, that's again, it's hey, the reason Trump
likes Hagseth is Trump sees Hagseth in himself,
like himself and Hagseth. Right. I have to put
people down to make myself feel better. I have
to be the thing. It drives me absolutely nuts
and that's why. The code of conduct dictates
it. They're not supposed to do that. Let's go
back. I'm going to end this portion for the YouTube
show on this. Hegseth is just doing what Hegseth
do. He's focused in all the wrong areas. And
what he's really doing is showing his lack of
experience and his lack of qualification. Because
if this nitpicky bullshit is what you're focused
on as Secretary of Defense, you don't understand
your fucking job.