Debat Panas! Pete Hegseth Dicecar soal Perang Iran di Kongres AS

Added: 2026-04-30

[00:00:00]And you sit there and go on TV for your clickbait about quagmires. It undermines the mission. Your your your hatred for President Trump blinds blinds you to the truth of the success of this mission and the historic stakes that the president is addressing which the American people support. You said we will give them no quarter, no mercy. An order for no quarter or no survivors is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. You understand that's murder.

[00:00:27]And achieved incredible battlefield successes. And you sit there and go on TV for your clickbait about quagmires.

[00:00:35]Secretary Hasseth, you have been lying to the American public about this war from day one.

[00:00:41]And so has the president. You have misled the public about why we are at war.

[00:00:47]You and the president have offered ever-changing reasons for this war.

[00:00:52]You've misled the public about the progress of the war.

[00:00:56]While the military has executed this war with tactical success, the strategy has been an astounding incompetence. While the military has executed this war with tactical success, the strategy has been an outstanding This war of choice is a political and economic disaster at every level.

[00:01:16]Despite the president's promise to lower the cost of living, gas prices are up 40% and inflation is soaring. So much for lowering the cost of living.

[00:01:26]The president has got himself and America stuck in the quagmire of another war in the Middle East. He's desperately trying to extricate himself from his own mistakes.

[00:01:35]Don't say I support the troops on one hand and then a two-month mission is a quagmire. That's a false equivalency.

[00:01:41]Who are you cheering for here? Who are you pulling for? Our troops are doing incredible work. They've done incredible things for the entirety of this mission and achieved incredible battlefield successes. And you sit there and go on TV for your clickbait about quagmires.

[00:01:56]It undermines the mission. Your your your hatred for President Trump blinds blinds you to the truth of the success of this mission and the historic stakes that the president is addressing which the American people support. How is this war going? Do you think we're winning?

[00:02:13]Militarily on the battlefield, it's been an astounding military success.

[00:02:16]>> No, but are we winning the war?

[00:02:18]Absolutely.

[00:02:18]>> Okay, so do you call Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz winning?

[00:02:22]Well, I would say the blockade that we hold that doesn't allow anything to come in or out of Iranian ports. We've always So we blockaded their blockade. So they blockaded us and then we blockaded their blockade.

[00:02:34]That's like saying tag, you're it. Or, you know, if if President Madison had said, "Well, the British just burned down Washington, but don't worry, we're going to burn it down as well."

[00:02:43]You said we will give them no quarter, no mercy. An order for no quarter or no survivors is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. You understand that's murder. Do you stand by that statement?

[00:02:54]Uh the Department of War fights to win and we ensure that our warfighters have the rules of engagement necessary to be as effective as humanly possible.

[00:03:02]>> called Democratic members of Congress to be tried for sedition for reminding our troops to follow the law. But when you tell them to commit a war crime, you stand by yourself.

[00:03:10]>> For insinuating that the laws that we're giving them are Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of their increased cost in gas and food over the next year because of the Iran war?

[00:03:23]I would simply ask you what the cost is of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

[00:03:26]>> to give you that option.

[00:03:27]>> I would simply ask you what You're playing gotcha questions about domestic things. I'm not >> You're asking you're saying it's a gotcha question to ask what it's going to be in terms of the increased cost in gas and >> it costs to to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb?

[00:03:40]>> that, sir. But let me >> What would it cost? What would you pay to ensure Iran doesn't get a nuclear bomb? What would you pay? Can I reclaim my time? Do you not know? You had no one do the analysis of what the increased cost of gas and food on the American people are going to be?

[00:03:53]What is the cost of Iran holding that straight at issue with nuclear weapons?

[00:03:57]It's $631 billion, which means it's an increase of $5,000 a year for American households. General George, let's talk about a guy who's a patriot. Somebody who every single person here in this dais and down there in that audience and out there in this world has huge admiration for.

[00:04:16]Why did he get fired?

[00:04:20]Well, as with uh any moves we make with general officers, first of all, I thank them for their service. Uh and ultimately >> My impression is you thanked him by a text or a phone call. You didn't even do it to his face.

[00:04:32]Out of respect for these officers, we never talk about the nature of their removal, but every one of them, including myself, knows that they serve at the pleasure of the president.

[00:04:41]>> Ultimately, out of respect to these officers, we don't reveal it. However, I will note it's very difficult to change the culture of a department that was been destroyed by the wrong perspectives. What the same officers who sat were there.

[00:04:51]>> a culture?

[00:04:53]There are many We've we've gotten rid of many general officers in this administration because we need new leadership. You have no way of explaining why you fired one of the most decorated and remarkable men who's ever served in this administration.

[00:05:04]That's my >> your answer is a very immature way of responding to my my request.