Hegseth sagt, der Iran werde kein „politisch korrekter“ Krieg sein, während er die Ziele der USA darlegt

As if there has ever been a politically correct war with the US.

Is there a MAGA-to-plain-English dictionary? I’m starting to get lost in their culture war lingo when they apply it to an actual war.

>While Hegseth and Caine insisted the goal of the operation is to eliminate Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon, it also led to the [death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/khamenei-trump-iran-israel-protests-strikes-b2929577.html). Hegseth encouraged Iranians to take advantage of the opportunity for regime change.

>“This is not a regime change war, but the regime sure did change,” Hegseth said.

I have to applaud him for his ability to say this with a straight face.

Khamenei was likely the primary reason why Iran never took that final step towards making nuclear weapons. Now that roadblock is gone. And, following the recent events, even the dumbest person on the planet understands that nuclear weapons are mandatory for any country that wants to remain sovereign.

„No rules of engagement“? What exactly does that mean?

I like the tougher approach because it finally breaks the pattern of weakness that’s defined the last two administrations. Obama’s infamous “red line” in Syria was drawn in disappearing ink, Assad crossed it and nothing happened, and that moment became shorthand for how indecision only emboldens aggressors.

Biden’s tenure repeated that same timid calculus: exaggerate threats of escalation, then crawl at the first sign of pushback, giving Putin free rein to annex territory, supply proxies, and degrade international norms while the West twiddled its thumbs.
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You can’t defeat revisionist powers by handicapping yourself with rules they disregard matching Russia’s and Iran’s energy, pressure, and resolve is how you actually defang them. A gloves‑off approach finally forces adversaries to recalibrate their assumptions

By allowing the military to exercise force without restriction this will likely speed up the end of it.

This doesn’t mean bombing children. This means collapsing the decision tree to allow fast and quick action.

Look to Afghanistan to see what overly burdensome roe created. It got Americans killed.

Basically proclaiming „we’re going to commit war crimes and no one is going to stop us.“

JAG officers are all a bunch of weenies – Crystal Pete

So, does this mean they’re going to abandon conventions of war that help prevent war crimes?

“We fight to win”, what do you wanna win then bro? Cheap Iranian crude?

I think the goals of dismantling their nuclear program and punishing actors behind is at least a lot more clear and reachable than regime change. But if the regime sees nuclear proliferation as existential there might not be much of a difference.

The right has had a problem with middle easterners for a while, and the us people I sometimes speak to would love to commit warcrimes against who they deem as acceptable targets. It is a type of hate that has been fostered for over 2 decades now, and frankly I think warcrimes like that will make trump more popular in the us, not less.

I just think the average american will be just as culpable for any US warcrimes that’ll ensue as the average russian is responsible for the russian warcrimes.

Their rhetoric is getting very old and very meaningless now.

Anti-woke is just an excuse to be awful.