US defense head is eager to frame operation as a success – and slam journalists for not portraying it in a positive light

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.

      • PlaidBaron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        2 months ago

        Im going off the winter olympics.

        Skaters won silver and they bitched they deserved gold.

        Mens hockey team upset the women snubbed Trump.

        Just lots of whining.

            • MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              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.

              • stephen01king@piefed.zipEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                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.