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Hegseth: U.S. Didn't Start Iran Conflict,
‘But We Will Finish It’

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 3/1/2026 1:48:14 PM

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that while the United States did not start the conflict with Iran’s regime that began some half a century ago, it is certainly going to finish it. In a single-day operation, the United States and the Israeli military managed to eliminate multiple top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei himself. Hundreds of American soldiers, thousands of Israelis, and tens of thousands of Persians have died thanks to the fanatical jihad cruelty of the collapsing Iranian regime — now “Epic Fury” has finally brought much-deserved retribution to the genocidal jihadis. Hegseth released his official statement Saturday evening on X. “Overnight, on President Trump’s orders,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 3/1/2026 2:40:22 PM (No. 2074812)
Iranian mullets went to war against the USA in 1979 under Carter, who blew it totally. Subsequent "leaders" have either kicked the can down the road, or made things massively worse doing stupid stuff like shipping airplanes loaded with pallets and pallets of cash to these evil thugs. This helped fund terrorism and nuclear weapons development, didn't prevent anything. Killing the head of the snake will eventually kill the snake, but if you've actually done this....the head can still bite for a while after separated from the body, and the body will thrash...sometimes of hours. Really.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 3/1/2026 3:12:16 PM (No. 2074837)
Remember - - remember when all the corrupt, evil demonrats were saying that Pete was totally unqualified? Yeah - - I remember too! Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Peregrine 3/1/2026 3:53:32 PM (No. 2074863)
"Epic Fury" Don't mess with the US.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: sw penn 3/1/2026 4:14:44 PM (No. 2074867)
220 Marines, 18 Navy sailors, and 3 Army soldiers say about damn time...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: dbdiva 3/1/2026 5:01:39 PM (No. 2074876)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjr_CkavSY4&pp=ygURcGFjaWZpZXIgcG9saXRpY3M%3D Just a bit of fun.....Pete doing "Petey things" starting at 1:38. Our "war machine guy" handled it just fine. Thank You, LORD
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Reply 6 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 3/1/2026 9:56:10 PM (No. 2074935)
We have a Department of War now with Pete Hegseth at the helm. This sounds so much better that Dept. of Defense. Halleluiah! God bless Pete Hegseth and all of his warriors. What a blessing they all are!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 3/2/2026 6:42:55 AM (No. 2074993)
The big winner here is Israel. They can now imagine a future where they don't have to bring guns to a family picnic.
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