Hegseth - The Straits of Hormuz are safe to traverse if Iran doesn't shoot at you.

[Swede]

The guy ain't no rocket surgeon.

The only risk in playing Russian Roulette is that you pull the trigger when a bullet's in the chamber. Otherwise it's perfectly safe.

— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T13:07:06.656Z

[Ocelot II]

1. Oh, well then, what's the big deal?

[Lovie777]

2. And this is the secretary of war..........................

[thomski64]

3. Or your tanker hits a mine..

What an asshole!

Krasnov has appointed the most glaringly incompetent schmucks he possibly could to burn it down before dies.

[Swede]

4. For any of Trump's appointments, you could pick anyone walking down the street, & they would do a better job.

Some of that is on purpose, some of that is because he, too, is incompetent.

[Hope22]

13. Agreed!

My father was born in ‘39. He always said that Representatives and Senators should be selected by lottery and sent to DC. Keeping the terms limited to avoid the mess we have now! I used to think that sounded risky but the moral compass of so many in DC now have proven to be despicable money grubbing souls.

[Goonch]

5. ;-{)....

[EarthFirst]

6. 50/50

[OC375]

7. He wants a sacrificial lamb

We can then destroy their oil industry and take them off the board for years. Supply chain starts back up without them… So, yeah… By all means… Who’s first?

[Irish_Dem]

8. You go first Pete.

[MurrayDelph]

9. That mushroom may or may not be poisonous

If you eat it and nothing happens, it was fine. If you get sick and/or die, it was poisonous.

[William Seger]

10. That's the same brilliant insight he demonstrated on Fox and Friends

No wonder #rump was impressed.

[Submariner]

11. In about 10-25 year, you lucky young DU'ers will get to watch 'Kegbreath's Iran War Stories'

on Fox News at 3:00 AM Sunday mornings just like Ollie North did Vietnam war stories until recently.

Poor me, because of old age I'll be dead by then thanks goodness.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

12. Pete Hegseth could be a genius

If he wasn't a moron.