WARRIOR ETHOS: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that he plans to pull back thousands of American troops from overseas and re-station them in a “Fortress America” he wants to build somewhere in the US.

  He said, “If your state wants the honor of hosting 15,000 to 25,000 of America’s great troops, show us why and how you’re going to do it — cutting through the red tape, offering up the land and rolling out the red carpet for our military families.” 

  The defense secretary opened with rolling heads. He said that combined with the officers already fired and positions eliminated he is cutting the number of admirals and generals in the military by 20 percent. “Now the media calls that a purge,” he said. “I call that accountability and long overdue, and...