US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the coming months.

Speaking with reporters at the Pentagon, Hegseth defended the president’s decision to launch a war of choice with Iran that so far has cost US taxpayers an estimated $60 billion.

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[–] -3 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

And Iran was still a petty dictatorship executing civillians, creating millitant groups in neighboring countries, and holding the strait hostage.

To be real clear on this I place human life and aversion to suffering far far far above oil prices. I realize that there are casualties in costs of goods and global diplomacy with the trade stopping, but there are also upsides to lower fossil fuel use.

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