This was such a genuinely weird moment for me when reading the article.

"yadda yadda and then also the secretary of defence agreed it was bad"

I'm just reading along and going, "yeah that sounds really bad if a secretary level position is being cited... wait a second, isn't that actually the guy who is literally famous for being stupid??"

I never expected to be living through a real life version of "the emperor's new clothes", like, how is anyone quoting this guy about anything?