We were THAT close to losing it all

By Col. Tom Anderson, USA ret
@CynicalPublius on X

I’m sure many of you are familiar with this famous Tweet.

That Tweet serves to explain why Pete Hegseth is so despised by so many.

Under Obama and Biden, we were perilously close to our nation’s military turning into an armed force whose primary purpose was to promote and advance the racist, sexist, xenophobic, bigoted policies of DEI.

DEI is just another form of Communism. It’s a policy designed to fracture society along Frankfurt School lines of hate so that the Communists (a/k/a “Democrats”) can achieve and maintain power.

Transforming America’s most respected institution into yet another purveyor of race hatred was their ultimate goal–it would have resulted in total victory for their side.

We were THAT close to losing it all.

Then Trump got elected, appointed the right man to serve as Secretary of War, and ever since Hegseth has been taking a wrecking ball to their DEI fever dream.

Hegseth is the most important and consequential SecDef/War in any of our lifetimes.

I just explained why the insane hatred for Hegseth is so disturbingly deep and profound.

All I can say is this: God bless Pete Hegseth and the way he has saved our nation’s military.

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I’m sure many of you are familiar with the famous Tweet below.

That Tweet serves to explain why Pete Hegseth is so despised by so many.

Under Obama and Biden, we were perilously close to our nation’s military turning into an armed force whose primary purpose was to promote and advance the racist, sexist, xenophobic, bigoted policies of DEI.

DEI is just another form of Communism. It’s a policy designed to fracture society along Frankfurt School lines of hate so that the Communists (a/k/a “Democrats”) can achieve and maintain power.

Transforming America’s most respected institution into yet another purveyor of race hatred was their ultimate goal–it would have resulted in total victory for their side.

We were THAT close to losing it all.

Then Trump got elected, appointed the right man to serve as Secretary of War, and ever since Hegseth has been taking a wrecking ball to their DEI fever dream.

Hegseth is the most important and consequential SecDef/War in any of our lifetimes.

I just explained why the insane hatred for Hegseth is so disturbingly deep and profound.

All I can say is this: God bless Pete Hegseth and the way he has saved our nation’s military.

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 2, 2026

@CynicalPublius Imagine a young man, warrior mindset under Biden, realizing that he’d report and be evaluated by a man in a dress.
A person NEVER able to be deployed.

THAT image demoralized the demographic we historically recruited from, AND we needed.

— Mark Orme (@morme1) October 2, 2026

@CynicalPublius Thank God for Hegseth!
My son enlisted in Feb 2020 but left at his earliest opportunity. He spent more time in sexual harassment classes than soldier training & they had to do PT outside WITH masks on. His exit paperwork asked about sexual fettishes/preferences.
Total disgrace.

— Az Barefeet (@AZ_Barefeet) October 3, 2026

@CynicalPublius All the military and former military I’ve spoken with are elated that Hegseth is cleaning house on people who are there for a dei promotion. Stopping that has been a godsend. I had a woman who worked for me who said she was promoted in military only after filing complaints!

— Release (@FOIAgirl) October 3, 2026

@CynicalPublius Most of the military current leadership was trained in leftist hothouses of American university, hand selected by Biden, and are still true believers in DEI and international communism. I encounter them every day.

— Turnip (@turnipmugger) October 3, 2026

@Badger419256 Yes.

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 2, 2026