@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social LOL. Pete Hegseth's list of enemies he wants to fight are historical fantasies for him, not real, contemporary opponents: Britain's 18th century army, 1950s Communist hordes, and "Islamists," that is, medieval Saracens in what Europeans called the Holy Land. Even as rhetorical flourish, it's lukewarm spittle that will not impress the admirals and generals, who earned their stars, he was speaking to.