Im Iran sterben Menschen, und Hegseth redet wie ein Teenager bei einem „Call of Duty“-Song

From [Globe.com](http://Globe.com)

By Yvonne Abraham

“Why should I risk my life for this?”

Congressman Seth Moulton says that question — from a Marine under his command during the war in Iraq — is the toughest he’s ever gotten in his life.

Moulton came to oppose America’s involvement in Iraq, which he believes was built on the lie that leader Saddam Hussein [had weapons of mass destruction](https://policy.defense.gov/portals/11/Documents/hdasa/references/GPO-WMD.pdf) and was an imminent threat.

But that flimsy pretext pales in comparison to the disaster he has seen unfolding since Saturday, when [the Trump Administration joined with Israel to attack Iran](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/nation/trump-administration-iran-attacks-updates/?p1=HP_TrendingBar&p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link), bypassing Congress to start [an illegal ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/nation/congress-confronts-wartime-debate-after-trump-launches-attacks-iran/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link)and widening war in the Middle East.

Nobody who is waging this war seems to be able to explain why they’re doing it. There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction, and no plan for whatever comes after, if there is an after. No preparation for [evacuating stranded Americans](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/03/iran-embassy-closures-stranded-americans/) or for [supplying munitions for a protracted conflict.](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5765875-us-munitions-stockpile-iran-trump/)

Most of President Trump’s lackeys refuse to call it a war at all, despite the fact that the commander in chief keeps saying it is exactly that. Because admitting it is a war would mean this whole thing is unconstitutional. It would mean Trump was lying when he promised on the campaign trail to be [the candidate of peace.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/politics/trump-peace-president-war.html) Iran started it, they have tried to argue, we are just defending ourselves.

“We went proactively in a defensive way,” [said Secretary of State Marco Rubio](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-6), using doublespeak too silly to be called Orwellian. Remember when words meant things?

It’s hard to seem reasonable and measured when the secretary of defense — er, war — talks like a 13-year-old on hour five of a “Call of Duty” bender. [Pete Hegseth has boasted](https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4421037/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-dan/) of “Death and destruction from the sky all day. We’re playing for keeps. … Our rules of engagement are … designed to unleash American power, not shackle it … we are punching them while they are down.“

When it comes to that question of why American troops are risking their lives — Moulton says it’s even more difficult to answer now than it was in Iraq.

“There’s six or seven different explanations for why we’re even here,” he said, ticking off some of them. We’re going after their nuclear weapons program, but Trump claimed it was “obliterated” last year. They’re trying to bring regime change, but it’s likely the next regime will be even worse than the previous one. (Besides, as the president said, the initial attack was [so “successful”](https://abcnews.com/Politics/iran-operation-weeks-trump-tells-abc-news-khamenei/story?id=130673718) that it killed those who might have been more reasonable successors.)

Trump has said Iran’s supreme leader was personally targeting him, so “I got him before he got me.” [Six members of the US military died](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/nation/iran-war-us-troops-killed/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link) so he could feel safer. And what did Trump offer in the way of comfort for their deaths? “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends,” he said. [“That’s the way it is.”](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/us-troop-deaths-iran-trump-hegseth)

“What that shows is that Trump thinks his life, or what’s left of it, is way more important than the lives of six Americans,” Moulton said.

Because he is one

A podcaster dies: Flags are at half-mast right away.

6 American soldiers die in Trump’s war: Stop making the president look bad!

You just can’t feel enough contempt for this administration.

iaea representative just now confirmed that the damage to iran’s natanz and other facility is limited to entrance ,meaning only entrance is blocked.

So all the drones,missiles ,israel and they still couldn’t knock it down(and even if they did knock them i doubt this cod wannabe military asshole thought about the radioactive fallout.

At the moment, the American government consists of senile old men, rowdy youths, and habitual liars. The result of this mixture is plain to see.

Every time this scumbag speaks I can see what a weak little man he is. A truly strong person doesn’t need to talk about how tough they are, and they certainly don’t brag about hurting others. Even if they have to hurt someone to protect themselves, which isn’t what they’re doing here, they’re not going to brag about it like everyone in this regime does.

Hegseth is a camper

The White House actually released a video with call of duty scenes mixed in with real iran footage for fucks sake!

Hegseth would be the dude in the corner in Shipment, hiding behind the barrels and spawn killing players, then bragging about it on global chat.

💀💀💀

His tattoos explain it all

I can only hope that one of his alcohol and coke benders every night while ordering strikes on Iranian civvies takes him out soon

Go Boston!

I have no idea why most of our rank and file troops love Trump, but I bet it’s not serving some of them well now.

He’s definitely got “little guy” energy. I understand he was once a soldier. But i can’t imagine many in our armed forces take him seriously as a leader. I feel bad they have to follow his orders.

The White House used Call of Duty game engine footage in a recent video montage with Iran War footage. This administration is trying to blend fiction with reality….

They paid respect to a bigoted podcaster than actual service members.

What did you expect? Juicehead gunna juice

Par for the course with a dumpster fire full of unqualified people, noem,bondi, headsets. What do you expect when the hiring pool is fox news and youtubers. Feel the burn and hope you survive.

“Epic Fury” is all you need to hear to extrapolate the amount of maturity in this whole mess.

I feel like we are cruising the deepest troughs of male shittiness.

Because they’re elitist sadists. Once you realize what they are at their core, it all adds up.

This isn’t about patriotism, religion, or anything else other than blood lust and extreme greed. The inmates are running the asylum.