Downvotes for quoting the secretary of defense, never change HN
replyIn America you get jailed for quoting the US president
replySecretary of War thank you, no dead naming glorious leaders very fine people
replyCan we just call him "Secretary of Death Piss-Drunk Pete Kegstand"?
replyIran just killed ~40,000 of their own people in January, the biggest single event massacre since the Holocaust. I don't think Pete Hegseth is going to move the needle in their ideology.
replyYou love that whataboutism, dontcha.
replyHow is this whataboutism? Saying that the idiot in charge of the DoD isn't going to change a long standing hostility towards human life from the Iranian regime is whataboutism in what way? Please indulge me. You're genuinely expecting me and everyone to just forget the 70s hostage crisis, the state sponsorship of terrorism, and the recent slaughter of 40k civilians and with a straight face say if they kill a US soldier it's because of...Pete Hegseth at a press conference? I swear this board has turned into a BlueSky alternative if anything that involves anything with the US comes up.
replyWar was not the only option to respond to the crime.
replyFWIW I'd agree your question wasn't what-about-ism.