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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[–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Whiskeyleaks over here is completely and utterly disconnected from reality.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Whiskeyleaks

    The only good thing about the overwhelming amount of absolute unprecedented shit going on is that there IS so much that I constantly forget these things and so I get to chuckle again when someone references one. Or shake my head sadly. But in this case, chuckle.

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