U.S. 'Secretary of War' Bizarrely Claims: 'We Didn't Start This War'

Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bizarrely claimed in a live Pentagon address that the U.S. did not "start" the war with Iran.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 05:30 PM | 37 COMMENTS | permalink

Trump in 2011: "Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective."

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-- George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) Feb 28, 2026 at 10:36 AM

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-02 12:41 PM

It's called propaganda and it's all the Trump administration has to offer.

Never has there been a more unqualified administration than this one.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 12:45 PM

One of the worst things about this war is who's running it; incompetence is often worse than bad intent.

Especially for soldiers and... innocent school girls.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-02 12:59 PM

No girls are safe from Trump.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-02 01:06 PM

Markwayne Mullin: "War is ugly. It smells bad. If anybody has ever been there and been able to smell the war and taste it, and feel it in your nostrils, it's something you'll never forget. And fortunately you have President Hegseth -- or Secretary Hegseth ... President Hegseth has been there"

bsky.app

The drunk rapist is POTUS now?

#5 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-02 02:02 PM

... without offering much in the way of specifics. ...

Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense
www.politico.com

... The Trump administration is making the case that it ordered expansive, deadly strikes to stop an imminent threat from Tehran, but is providing no evidence Iran had such plans. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 02:46 PM

Canned Goods.

The Poles were massing at the German border in August 1939.

Hitler HAD to Invade Poland or all was Lost.

Trump Needs to get some Dead Americans to justify his Play.

We are in DANGER the Iranians Are Ten Feet Tall and Threatening the World.

If they Get The Bomb...Hegemony is Gone.....

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-03-02 03:15 PM

The Poles were massing at the German border in August 1939.
-footposer

False....

Timeline of Mobilization in August 1939:
August 23-25: Germany moved into its final offensive positions following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
August 29: Poland ordered a general mobilization but canceled it under pressure from Britain and France, who feared it would provoke Hitler.
August 31: Poland finally ordered general mobilization again, but by then, it was too late to fully assemble its forces.
September 1: Germany invaded with 1.5 million men, nearly double the roughly 800,000 to 1,000,000 troops Poland had managed to mobilize

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-02 03:53 PM

Sarcasm is obviously not your First Language.

Canned Goods was A Nazi term for dead German Prisoners scattered,at the border to "justify"the Invasion on September 1, 1939.

A Classic False Flag Manouver.

Hitler Used Dead Dachau Prisoners as Decoys.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-03-02 04:20 PM

"We didn't start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it"

Anyone believe that Donald Trump will finish his war with Iran?

How about you, MAGA? Everyone home by Christmas?

What Trump is going to do is kill a lot of people, wreck a lot of things, and whatever he has after that---WHATEVER IT IS---He'll claim victory.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-02 06:24 PM

One of the worst things about this war is who's running it; incompetence is often worse than bad intent.
Especially for soldiers and... innocent school girls.
#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-02 12:59 PM | Reply

STFU you phony fkhd, you loved incompetence during Bidens term. !3 dead and 7billon in military equipment left behind .

#11 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-03-02 06:50 PM

@#10 ... whatever he has after that---WHATEVER IT IS---He'll claim victory. ...

That is likely why Pres Trump is so cagey about what his actual objectives are.

He started out saying he wanted a regime change.

Is that still one of his objectives? If not, why not?

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 07:06 PM

Sarcasm is obviously not your First Language.
- footposer

BS you attempted to state a fact and got caught lying to protect Hitler.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-02 07:19 PM

That is likely why Pres Trump is so cagey about what his actual objectives are.
- gaslighter

All politicians do this all the time.

How can you not understand this?

#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-02 07:20 PM

Iran was close to giving in on negotiations, but that would have spoiled the chance at Operation Epstein Fury AND the roll out of No Voting for YOU! in Blue States.

Taco Trump couldn't negotiate his way out of a toilet bowl, and he's very likely to Taco on this sneak attack as his polls fall farther.

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-02 07:38 PM

I remember when launching a sneak attack on another country was considered a bitch move

#16 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-02 07:45 PM

@#15 ... ran was close to giving in on negotiations, ...

And now with Pres Trump's ever-changing objectives, how does anyone, Iran included, even know what he wants to stop his unprovoked war on Iran?

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-02 07:50 PM

Fat bald pedo coward can ---- off

#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-03 11:35 AM

I think Hegseth is Trump's worst Cabinet appointment, though Kennedy is a close second.

#19 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-03-04 08:23 AM

The intergalactically vapid Marco Rubio, the very definition of an "Empty Suit," is up there as well for worst Cabinet appointment, alongside cult member Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.

Howard Nutlick isn't the worst, but the most entertaining.

Good-for-nothing sycophant Marco Rubella backtracked on his testimony to the US Congress and American journalists about why the US began unlawfully murdering the people of Iran.

Apparently we all misunderstood the USSECSTATE that walks in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, George C. Marshall, and Dr. Henry Kissinger.

Link: nypost.com

#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-04 08:53 AM

@#10: "Everyone home by Christmas?" Which year?

#21 | Posted by path at 2026-03-04 10:27 AM

3 dead and 7billon in military equipment left behind .

#11 | Posted by fortfisher

Funny you mention that considering it was another Trump "deal" that was inept and poorly done. Trump has already shown what little ability he had to competently run foreign and national security policy, so it's no surprise Venezuela and Iran will be colossal f*&^ ups.

Well, no surprise to anyone who isn't a stupid f*&^ cultist like you...

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-04 10:46 AM

Hegseth is what you get when you put a former FoxNews weekends only host in the cabinet.

#23 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-04 02:50 PM

He's right. Those Islamofascists started it in 1979. I was there.

#24 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-04 03:29 PM

Those Islamofascists started it in 1979. I was there.
#24 | Posted by rf4b

Did they let you free because you're black, and that makes you a victim of imperialism, like Iran itself under the Shah?

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-04 03:44 PM

"Islamofascists?"

In 1979, nobody called the students or the revolution leaders in Iran that.

We called them "radicals" and "revolutionaries," especially after the US Embassy was breached and hostages were taken.

The Neo-Cons and AIPAC introduced the faux term "Islamo-fascist" (whatever that means) many years later.

#26 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-04 04:04 PM

#26

Now that I think about it, you're right. Back then in the Marines, they were known as Islamic swine.

#27 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-04 04:53 PM

More European lies.

#28 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-05 10:00 AM

Is anyone surprised?

This is exactly what the bald midget says about Ukraine.

#29 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-05 11:53 AM

Hegseth Attacks Press For Reporting On Iran War Casualties

www.youtube.com

#30 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-05 12:23 PM

"Politics is what you do if you're not so stupid that you walk into an unnecessary and unprovoked war."

Molly Ivins

#31 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-03-05 12:45 PM

I'm just wondering when Donnie is going to TACO on this war, and blame Nutty and the Sheik for getting him into it.

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-05 12:59 PM

POSTED BY RF4B

You took a hiatus from the DR but came back to display what a raging racist you are?

Bravo!

#33 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-05 01:09 PM

Did they let you free because you're black,
#25 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

If I recall correctly, Willowby use to claim he was Chinese.

Has he met OneTrumper yet?

Hey Willowby, OneTrumper claims he's a Chinese immigrant.

Maybe he can entertain you with stories of the motherland.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-05 01:14 PM

#33

So called religions aren't races.

#35 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-05 04:59 PM

#34

I'm a Heinz 57. Some Chinese. More Indigenous blood than Warren. Spanish and most of the rest of Europe. IOW, a mutt.

#36 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-05 05:10 PM

I'm a Heinz 57. Some Chinese. More Indigenous blood than Warren. Spanish and most of the rest of Europe. IOW, a mutt.

Posted by rf4b

Luckily, you aren't a member of the Fugawi Nation. GPS doesn't work on the rez, so there's a lot of "where the fugawi?"

#37 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-05 05:37 PM

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