A fine piece about 'Why all the screaming about the Secretary of War'?

Besides the name change triggering their sensitive feelings.
You don't need a coup in the old sense. You just need enough men in uniform to decide that elected authority is optional. And that is why the position of Secretary of War matters so much. If Pete Hegseth is seen by communists as the man who won't let that break happen, then of course the pressure lands on him. You don't waste time pounding on a wall if there's one hinge holding the gate shut. You go after the hinge. Because if the Secretary of War is weak and the generals begin deciding for themselves which lawful presidential orders deserve obedience, then the republic has a problem far bigger than whoever is SECWAR. At that point, the uniform is no longer serving the Constitution through civilian command. It's becoming its own political authority. That's what every red revolution wants. That's how republics die from the inside. Not always with gunfire. Sometimes with memos, hesitation, professional pressure, and men convincing themselves that disobedience is virtue. History is full of governments that thought the military was loyal right up until the hour it wasn't. That's the lesson.