Contributor: The drumbeat against Hegseth? It's not really about him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : The good news is that Trump himself is clear-eyed on matters pertaining to Iran.
52% : Around the same time, three high-ranking Department of Defense officials -- Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick, longtime Hegseth friend and confidante Dan Caldwell and the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary, Colin Carroll -- were first placed on leave, and then fired, amid an ongoing Pentagon leak investigation.
49% : But just as the case was during the recent presidential transition period, when Trump opponents resuscitated the discredited 2018 Brett M. Kavanaugh/Christine Blasey Ford playbook in an attempt to derail Hegseth's nomination, the stakes now are much higher than Hegseth's job security helming the Pentagon.
49% : So too, it seems, is his secretary of Defense.
48% : Iran doves and anti-Israel provocateurs tendentiously seized the opportunity to attempt to excise a convenient "hawkish" scalp -- whether that be Hegseth or national security advisor Michael Waltz.
46% : Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again -- this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum.
35% : And military recruitment, perhaps Hegseth's single most important Day 1 priority, has already greatly benefited.
32% : Shouldn't "allies" have followed the lead of Vice President JD Vance and Trump himself and defended Hegseth to the hilt?
24% : One must wonder why many supposed allies of President Trump would decide to capitalize on the reporting from the New York Times and try to throw Hegseth under the bus at a vulnerable moment.

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