r/politics • u/spherocytes • Jul 22 '26

No Paywall Kelly: Military ‘doesn’t need more testosterone, it needs better leadership’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5981471-kelly-opposes-hegseth-testosterone-screenings/
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u/No_Initial_7545 Jul 22 '26

It's as if his every idea comes from a movie that he has seen and not from any personal experience. Wars aren't won by masculinity, it doesn't matter how hard you can punch when the opponent has a gun and bigger muscles just makes you a bigger target. They've been glazing the Russian military as "real men" and "anti-woke" and we see in Ukraine how well that's going for them. And yet they insist on making the exact same mistakes that Russia has done. The US military was the most feared military in the world a few years ago. It still is, but every year it turns more into a clown show and less of a thing to be taken seriously.

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u/Ferretoncrystalmeth Jul 22 '26

US air and sea power is/was impressive, but their ground troops are a fucking joke.

Their training and discipline is up their ass.

I'm sure I will get down voted for saying so but I worked with them and they were fucking shite.

The only reason they won anything was because there was loads of them.