
Hegseth says the US is ‘overwhelmingly’ winning in Iran, war will end ‘on our timeline’
NY Post
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared the United States is “overwhelmingly” winning the war against Iran.
“We are winning with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our objective,” he declared during a press conference at the Pentagon.
He reiterated the mission objectives: destroy Iran’s missile stockpiles, their missile launchers and their ability to make them; destroy their Navy and “permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons.”
“We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated,” Hegseth declared. “But we do so on our timeline and at our choosing.”

“Everyone is worrying about what comes next,” reports David Patrikarakos at The Free Press of what people in Iran are telling him. He talked to “a friend in Tehran I will call Reza. ‘The bombing is heavy,’ he told me. ‘And it’s frightening. But we have been frightened and terrorized for almost 50 years.’ ” No one sees any “signs of mass uprising — it’s just too dangerous” as “gangs of Basij enforcers, often heavily armed, roam the streets, threatening civilians and forcing them indoors.” Indeed, “the entire regime is now on a war footing,” but: “The state is in disarray. Senior officials are scattered and confused” and “an internal power struggle appears to be under way.” He concludes: “Despite the Islamic Republic’s best efforts, the battle for Iran — by both external powers and Iranians inside the country — is far from over. It may take time, but I am convinced this regime will fall.”












