Retired Army Lt. Col. William Swenson told Newsmax that War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top military brass on Tuesday shows that the department is embracing a “new paradigm” of holding senior leaders accountable.
“It’s interesting hearing our Department of War discussing an actual return to what we’re supposed to be doing as a country and as a department — war,” Swenson said Tuesday on “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.”
“We are war fighters, and for too long, over the last 20 plus years, we heard too often that we had a right to self-defense. At what time did we ever receive training that said we self-defense our way to victory? We never did.
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