Opinion: Why Pentagon Pete Is Certain to Be the Biggest Casualty of Trump’s War

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As he declared a “decisive military victory” over Iran on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth repeated his favorite self-arousing monosyllable as he read a list of regime leaders.

“Dead…Dead…Dead…Dead…Dead,” Hegseth https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-accused-of-gaslighting-public-over-epic-victory/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-accused-of-gaslighting-public-over-epic-victory/">said, his Stars and Stripes pocket square making his death chant seem even less American.

He then said, “I skipped over a bunch and I could go on and on and on to include the new so-called new Supreme Leader, wounded and disfigured.”

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