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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said the ignoramus.
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.
I hated all of those before, but I hate them even more now.
That’s a turn of phrase specific to Trumpistan
No connection between military goals and political goals.
Given that they’ve only been in power since 1979 and only had a few comparable conflicts, that’s probably true.
Okay, but it doesn’t say much.
It’d be a bit like Caspar Weinberger (US Secretary of Defense back then) saying similar about Grenada in 1983.