
You may not know from the endless videos of ships, buildings, infrastructure, and absolutely critical global energy facilities exploding in giant balls of flame, but, actually, the war with Iran is going just fine. Better than fine, actually! Why, it’s barely a war at all!
Such is the opinion of Pete Hegseth, who must be rapidly realizing that he’s going to be made the scapegoat for this debacle by Trump. Earlier today, Hegseth delivered a spittle-flecked press conference in which he explained that, contrary to the old proverb, you should definitely shoot the messenger.