Testy about testosterone? Hegseth has plan to fix girly-men in uniform | Opinion
It wasn’t that long ago, 2020 in fact, that eight Sedgwick County Jail employees were suspended for trafficking testosterone supplements and steroids among themselves, to get that muscular “swole” look to impress the guys they guarded.
It turns out their mistake wasn’t the drug ring, it was their choice of career.
If they’d joined the military instead of law enforcement, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth would be hooking them up for free.
Many Americans, myself included, had to fact-check to make sure we weren’t being hoaxed when the news broke online that Hegseth has announced a project to test soldiers over 30 to make sure their testosterone is military grade.
And he’ll supply soldiers who fall short with free testosterone supplements as part of creating what he calls the “High-T Department of War.”
I Googled the phrase “Better Wars Through Chemistry,” and it came back “No results found.” Consider this column as my copyright claim on that, so the military will have to pay me to use it as a recruiting slogan.
Hegseth wasn’t clear whether the High-T requirements would apply to female military personnel, of which there are about 230,000.
But why not? If testosterone shots make our boys in uniform more manly, surely it would do the same for the girls. (I also Googled “Girls to Men” and found out it’s already taken, darn it.)
There’s been quite a bit of mockery of Hegseth’s initiative to fix our girly-man soldier crisis.
Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, United States senator, Blackhawk helicopter pilot and Iraq War combat veteran, reposted Hegseth’s video announcing the change with the caption “Sounds like gender-affirming care to me.” But she’s what the current administration calls a “Dumocrat,” so any comments she has can be safely ignored.
I have to concede that in this 21st Century, when wars are largely fought in cyberspace and with remote-control drones, I was skeptical when Hegseth prioritized physical prowess over intelligence, judgment and command experience in America’s military — and set out to purge those who don’t measure up on the manliness scale.
I remember thinking to myself, “Who the hell is he expecting to fight, Caesar’s legions?”
But I can admit when I’m wrong. We’ve won the Iran War at least 30 times since February.
So let’s take a moment of silence to honor those brave Sedgwick County jail deputies, who were persecuted for nothing more than being ahead of the curve on juicing up to better perform their physically demanding jobs protecting the American people.
Of the Sedgwick County Eight, four faced criminal charges and the only one who kept their job was a woman.
Which just goes to show you how far out of hand this DEI stuff has gotten. But that’s another column for another day.
