According to Pete Hegseth, It's "Brave" to Attack Innocent People
This may be the singularly most disgusting thing anyone in this administration has done yet. That it comes from Secretary of War-like Posing Pete Hegseth is the least surprising thing about it. If I were being charitable, I would take it as (80) proof evidence that he was back on the sauce. But I choose to believe he’s keeping his word on that one, because sobriety makes this atrocity worse. From The Guardian:
The long debate over the events at Wounded Knee includes a dispute over its characterization as a “battle” given that, according to historical records, the U.S. army killed about 250 Lakota Sioux people—many of whom were unarmed women and children—despite fighters in the camp having surrendered. “We’re making it clear that [the soldiers] deserve those medals,” Hegseth said, announcing the move in a video on social media on Thursday. Calling the men “brave soldiers,” he said a review panel had concluded in a report that the medals were justly awarded. “This decision is now final, and their place in our nation’s history is no longer up for debate.”
Oh, bollocks, Crusader Tattoo Boy.
Hegseth’s Democratic predecessor at the Pentagon, former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, ordered the review of the honors in 2024 after Congress called for it in the 2022 defense bill. Announcing the review, the Pentagon said Austin wanted to “ensure no awardees were recognized for conduct inconsistent with the nation’s highest military honor.” But in Thursday’s video, Hegseth—who has a history of Christian nationalist sympathies—said his predecessor had been “more interested in being politically correct than historically correct”. It is unclear if the report will be made public.
Signs point to “Are you flipping kidding me?” There is no report. Nobody could find the crayons. If you need a corrective to Secretary Kegstand’s sweet tooth for war crimes, and you happen to be out of Ipecac, Heather Cox Richardson’s ever-essential newsletter on the subject is just the right one. She goes deep into the incompetence and intrigue in Washington that led to bloodthirsty scaredy-cats running things in the Dakotas. (Believe it or not, tariffs played a major role in the macro-politics that led to the massacre.)
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