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.

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      “That young man fills me with hope. Plus some other emotions which are weird and deeply confusing.”

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    Singling out CNN by name, Hegseth said: “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.”

    This fuckin guy just comes right out and says it…

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    Fucking piece of shit, limp dicked, drunk Nazi traitor upset we don’t support his fucking war crimes for Jesus?

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    A success at …what? No goal was ever provided. He caused a lot of damage, killed a lot of people. Iranian conservative religious government (as well as USA’s) is still in power. Iranian nuclear capability (so far, none) hasn’t changed.

    And a lot of us are still demanding release of ALL unredacted Trump-Epstein Files.

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        Only corp-owned media. I still see a lot of people talking about the Epstein files and how this war is meant to distract from them.

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    Fuck you, Pete. Fuck you, you piece of shit. Fuck you, you child-murderer.

    You are the absolute, most bottom, horrible, disgusting, sub-human, terrible monster.

    Hell is too good for you.

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    (my bold)

    “The United States is decimating the radical Iranian regime’s military in a way the world has never seen before,” Hegseth told reporters.

    said the ignoramus.

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      I hate how this administration has ruined certain phrases/sayings/colloquialisms for me. Like “has never seen before”, “unprecendented”, “like no one’s ever seen”, “quid pro quo”, “rule of law”, “thank you for your attention to this matter”, etc.

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    How dare you peasants not praise me when we bombed a school then bombed it again to make sure! We fuck kids one way or another!”

    That’s what that shitiot sounds like.

    Fuck off Kegsbreath, you worthless pedo-protector.

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    This country is run by 12 year olds. Examine how they act, how they talk, who they raped at Epstein Island, etc…

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      I mean, technically, if you’re going to call them 12 year olds, it would mean for some of them that some of the crimes they’ve done would not be statutory rape… just sayin’… maybe let’s not go there.

      But I’m just making a gallows-humour joke. Those fucking child rapists do act like 12 year olds. Or really, more like toddlers in the case of Trump (shits himself, is all “nuh uh” to everything, no object permanence, can barely speak coherently…) heh

      edit: ugh. Is it statutory rape when two preteens are sexually active? I realized I don’t actually know. I don’t fucking care because two actual kids messing around, whatever, but in light of the stupid joke I was making as a coping technique dealing with this fucking fascism… I don’t care about the reality, those sick people need guillotines.

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    This guy wants a “Warrior Ethos” in the armed forces.

    Not a military, whose members serve the civil populace and hopefully eventually return to that populace, get help reintegrating and contributing their perspective and experience to the discourse about war. He wants the civilians to call for blood and the soldiers warriors to eagerly shed it.

    Major Boozeth is a great example of the type of person that should not be allowed to represent the civil side of civil-military relationship.

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    This guy is worse than a fucking Family Guy parody of an over the top limp dick douchebag.