„Die Vereinigten Staaten haben diesen Konflikt nicht begonnen, aber wir werden ihn beenden. Wenn Sie Amerikaner irgendwo auf der Welt töten oder bedrohen – wie der Iran –, werden wir Sie jagen und töten“, sagte Hegseth.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/hegseth-u-s-did-not-start-this-conflict-but-we-will-finish-it–6xvRp3P9IuJtCBq8c0v7
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Apparently this doesn’t apply to killing Americans in the US.
American law enforcement must be exempt from this rule.
Eh. We started the conflict. Which is fine IMO. If a government kills literally 10s of thousands of its own citizens yeah military strikes are justifiable.
1. If someone could understand what he meant or can see any logic in this then can you enlighten us? How did Iran attack US or start the conflict? MAGA base voted for this? US working for M I(srael) G A?
2. What is really the message that US is giving out to the world? „Might is right“ „Because I have nuclear weapons, strong enough military and veto seat in UN (US puppet) I can do anything kidnap or bomb“
3. Will this start the arms race in other parts of the world? Did South Africa set the wrong example by letting go of their nuclear bomb?
4. Can China attack Taiwan and say „US does it too?“ and US will be yeah „Might is right“?
Lying and tough street guy speech in the same statement, we need a bingo card here.
Sigh.
Bro thinks he’s David Bellavia.
Israeli settlers killed an American citizen in the West Bank not one week ago, not a word from these guys. Give me a break.
Hegseth’s head is ballooning again.
and yeah, he didn’t do shit when a US citizen got killed in the west bank by the settlers not a week ago.
Truth
This was a long time coming. My only regret is that they barely suffered, they died too quickly, relative to the evil they’ve dealt. Would love to see their faces when they show up expecting virgins and find themselves in hell.
He’s a cosplay tough guy. That said, I do think what we’ve seen here and also Venezuela goes a very long way toward doing what this administration clearly wants to do, which is dictate and use power as a means to force countries in line on his terms. They’ll use tariffs, they’ll use militarial power…they’ll use whatever dial they need to turn if they see it as worth the cost.
Iran is in a weakened state and with a leader who was as unpopular as ever….they saw it as worth the cost and it probably was. This was the best chance to kill Khamenei and now he’s dead. That’s a good thing. I’ve said it on other threads but the reason why people question the response to Trump, domestically and internationally, is rather paltry and how they could be? Because he’s willing to cross perceived red lines to accomplish his goals or, better yet, put the squeeze on you to force you to submit before he does. They’re willing to take things to a level that his „opponents“ are either not equipped to or not willing to.
It’s Power Politics and it’s winning. Something like this keeps the world in check. It keeps them in line. China didn’t condemn the strikes, BTW.
Sure, hunt down and kill the ICE officers who killed 2 American citizens then
Ooooooo my hero 😩