Hegseth says that the US will do what it has to do in Iran to "advance America's interests"
(www.thedailybeast.com)
What exactly are America's interests in Iran? Eradicating Islam? That's a big mistake. 1 in 8 people are Muslim — that's based on I heard once that Islam is the biggest religion with one billion members, but I'm not sure how accurate that is. They're everywhere though, and they wouldn't take a war on Islam laying down. Palestine is one thing, but expand that to Muslims en masse and you're going to have a problem. Establishing the US as a fossil fuel empire by taking over Middle Eastern countries and making them vassal states? Maybe a bit more realistic, but we'll see what OPEC thinks about that.