Our capabilities are better. Our will is better. Our troops are better.

Evidence

Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might (The New York Times)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: American military reports were overly optimistic and non-critical. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 825; Hegseth invoked ā€˜Our capabilities are better. Our will is better. Our troops are better’ alongside divine providence in a Pentagon context. — Pete Hegseth wanted an ā€˜American Crusade.’ Now he’s …