The Pete Hegseth red herring and the GOP’s foreign policy civil war

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again – this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the recent presidential transition period, when Trump opponents resuscitated the discredited 2018 Brett 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.

When he was up for the nomination, Democrats and...