Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations: Report
Senior commanders warned that keeping 50,000 troops on alert and extending deployments would weaken missions elsewhere, according to a classified Pentagon assessment.
- Senior U.S. military commanders formally warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending full-scale operations against Iran is "unsustainable" and dangerously strains global readiness.
- Four-Star heads of European Command, Pacific Command, Southern Command, and the Navy formally registered a "non-concur" against directives extending Middle East troop deployments into 2027.
- Military leaders cautioned that diverting ships, surveillance aircraft, and air defense units to CENTCOM has crippled training and severely limited response capabilities for homeland defense and other world regions.
- The U.S. Navy has faced extreme strain under wartime demands, with reports indicating only about a quarter of the destroyer fleet currently remains ready for operational deployment.
- Internal assessments highlighted critical munitions shortages—including THAAD interceptors and Tomahawk missiles—and confirmed that over 50,000 U.S. troops remain deployed as the six-month campaign continues.
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In a secret assessment for the Minister of Defence, the military warned of a lack of resources, a reduction in fleet reserves and risks for other regions.
Military leaders warn Hegseth on Iran war
A recent classified assessment advised Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran was unsustainable and risked weakening US ability to confront threats elsewhere, including in the US homeland, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. According to the Post, the warnings were prepared for Hegseth by the "heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the four-star commanders overseeing US operations throughout Eur…
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Multiple US military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable, The Washington Post reports, citing insiders. Continuing the Iran war would carry the risk of diminishing the ability to counter threats elsewhere.
The U.S. Department of Defense has denied a media report that high-ranking U.S. military forces have warned against an extension of the war against Iran.
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With the US-Iran conflict continuing to stretch without an end in sight, several American military leaders have advised Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that extending the large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, Washington Post reported citing people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief.
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Jack Buckby reports that America's most senior commanders lodged formal objections to extending the Iran war, warning Pete Hegseth that only about a quarter of the Navy's destroyers are deployable, that assets are being stripped from theaters facing China and Russia, and that some units may stay deployed into the year after next.
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