US defense head is eager to frame operation as a success – and slam journalists for not portraying it in a positive light
Pete Hegseth on Friday again claimed the US military campaign against Iran has been an unprecedented success, using a Pentagon press conference to accuse journalists of downplaying Washington’s supposed gains on the battlefield.
Speaking alongside the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, the US defense secretary claimed Iran had been left without a functioning air force, navy or missile defense network after 13 days of strikes, and said the combined US-Israeli air campaign had hit more than 15,000 targets since the war began.
“The United States is decimating the radical Iranian regime’s military in a way the world has never seen before,” Hegseth told reporters.
Praise be the alt text
Couldn’t dream of a better picture to illustrate this article
The picture is blocked by my pi-hole so I only see the alt text: “A grimacing man wearing a small suit gestures as he speaks into a microphone.” LOL
Oh my god.
I can’t unsee this now.
Unfair comparison, Zapp Brannigan is at least charming in his assholeness. Kegseth sets off my fight or fight instincts.
Has Iran even said thank you?
“Kiff come hold up the flag, and wavy it a little for God’s sake”
What a nakedly thin skinned and insecure little man.
‘America has no culture’
Actually, its being thin skinned pathetic people.
For about the millionth time, America’s culture is MULTICULTURALISM, okay?
Not anymore with ICE still free to do what it wants.
So your instinct is to let them win?
I don’t know how you come up with that conclusion.
Because the only way ICE being free to do what they want could destroy multiculturalism in the U.S. is if we all just roll over and stop resisting. The fight is just beginning and you’re speaking from a defeated position.
Nope, the reason ICE exists is BECAUSE many Americans are resisting against multiculturalism. They are proof that multiculturalism is no longer part of US culture. You guys can disprove that by actually abolishing ICE. Until then, you can’t convince me that multiculturalism is still part of your culture while a big portion of your people voted against it.
