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Military Brass Warns Hegseth About Prolonging Iran War Operations: Report
Top U.S. military officials have warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against continuing large-scale operations in President Donald Trump’s unpopular war of choice in Iran, privately expressing it could be taking away from their forces’ abilities to respond to threats at home, sources told The Washington Post on Sunday.
The Navy’s top admiral — along with military brass with the U.S. European, Pacific and Southern Commands — have signaled concerns to Hegseth about ordering some troops to remain deployed in the Middle East through September (and, for others, into next year), but will execute the order nonetheless, the sources said of a recent “classified” assessment for the secretary.
Leaders with the U.S. Army and Air Force, too, “concurred“ with Hegseth about keeping troops deployed but “each emphasized that doing so would come with significant risk,” the Post reported.