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counterpunch.org: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/26/pete-hegseths-desperate-crusade-for-masculine-validation/

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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine urged caution, presciently predicting that a ramped-up campaign against Iran could lead its leaders to close the Strait of Hormuz. However, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s self-styled “Secretary of War,” jumped at the prospect of such a conflict.
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