The Pentagon chief has said Iran has ‘no air defenses’ and its missiles and drones were ‘being destroyed or shot out of the sky’

Experts have sounded the alarm over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s starry-eyed messaging to Donald Trump about the war against Iran.

The U.S. and Israel began launching strikes against Iran more than five weeks ago. U.S. Central Command has said its forces struck more than 13,000 Iranian targets so far, and Trump has been intensifying his threats against the country, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”

There are concerns inside the Trump administration that Hegseth is being unrealistic about the true state of the war, and he could be misleading the president because of his faulty assessment, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

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      I don’t think it’s throwing them under the bus, in a normal presidency the advisors advise and the president makes disisions. So if shit goes wrong it is the presidents failing.

      I’m pretty sure in Trumps case the advisors are actually calling the shots, then Trump is briefed. In this case it is 100% Hegseth’s failing. But also 100% Trumps for deligating it in the first place.

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    I’m glad it’s being reported. But like so much of the news, nobody has any right to feel surprised since staffing the cabinet with loyalist yes-men leads to these types of consequences.

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    Trump literally had Netanyahu in the Situation Room and some other Israel terrorists. The leader of Mossad was there too, via video call. Netanyahu is the shadow POTUS.

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    Rubio had to explain the word farcical to Trump in a meeting. Would it really matter what the fuck kegsbreath said?

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    This relies on the assumption that Trump would make better decisions given accurate information.

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      More like he needs a scapegoat again as he’s unable to internalize responsibility for his fuckups