Aug. 27 (UPI) -- For whatever his strengths and weaknesses, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth may not be able to change the name of the Department of Defense to a more suitable, anti-DEI title, such as the Department of When Did We Win the Last War or the Department of Still Trying.
But he may be more successful in reminding the department's senior officers of the fate of one Rear Adm. John Byng, late of the Royal Navy. Byng was executed by firing squad in March 1757 on the technical grounds of "failing to form a conterminous line" that in simple English meant "he failed to do his utmost" and lost the Battle of Minorca.
The Trump administration may not be literally shooting flag officers in public sight. But, Hegseth has certainly rendered the professional death sentence to some two dozen three- and four-star officers for reasons that have less to do with losing battles and more to do with committing the more serious crimes of -- fill in the blank as nothing concrete has been provided as justification beyond allegations of DEI.
Of the first to go, was it no accident comrade that four were minorities or dare we say possible Diversity, Equity and Inclusion victims.
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