To the editor: As soon as once more, contributing author Josh Hammer misrepresents the details, this time in assist of Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom he claims is being smeared by President Trump’s enemies to undermine the administration (“The drumbeat against Hegseth? It’s not really about him,” April 24). He portrays Hegseth because the sufferer, by no means mentioning his lack of {qualifications} to guide America’s largest federal agency.
Hammer dismisses each of Hegseth’s “Signalgate” episodes due to lucky happenstance: the restricted data didn’t fall into enemy fingers and thus no hurt befell U.S. combating forces. I doubt Hammer would give a Protection secretary a go for such inexcusably repeated, unprofessional conduct if the sitting president have been a Democrat.
Robert J. Switzer, West Hollywood
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To the editor: Hammer actually hit his thumb together with his newest op-ed. The issues with Hegseth usually are not small or insignificant. The truth that he shared army plans with uncleared folks is sufficient to power him out of a job that he by no means ought to’ve been allowed to fill. You may weasel-word your manner round his incompetence by blaming Democrats for caring about {qualifications}, however anyone who cares about our nation is aware of that he must go.
Craig Arnold, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: Hammer pretends that Hegseth’s troubles are merely the makes an attempt of “Iran doves and anti-Israel provocateurs tendentiously seiz[ing] the chance to excise a handy ‘hawkish’ scalp.” A lot of the American public properly understands and accepts that any Trump administration would have a extra hawkish stance on Iran. What the general public can’t settle for, nevertheless, is a cavalier and careless management technique from the U.S. Protection secretary. Speaking delicate army operations on a public, unclassified, insecure group chat that features your spouse and private lawyer is astoundingly reckless and places American lives in danger. No, Hammer, that is all about Hegseth.
Johnny Thompson, San Diego
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To the editor: I’m sorry, however I feel Individuals can object to the U.S. secretary of Protection utilizing private units and unsecured techniques to speak categorised data to a random assortment of individuals. I feel folks can object to primary operations safety being flouted, creating dangers for service members and the American folks, with out it being proof of some form of plot by folks with differing overseas coverage views.
Mehmet Berker, Los Angeles
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To the editor: It’s typically tough to separate reality from fiction, and in our present political ambiance, that’s typically the purpose. However Hammer makes it considerably simpler. Moderately than defending Hegseth’s actions or his means to do the job, Hammer makes use of his column house to assault the accusers. It’s an outdated tactic, an indication of weak spot and a positive indication that he has no extra religion in Hegseth than anybody else.
Bart Braverman, Indio
