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Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes "Bloodthirst" of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes

2026-03-25 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As the United States mobilizes thousands more troops for deployment to the Middle East, we speak with retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Wes Bryant, who criticizes the "bloodthirst" of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Bryant led the Pentagon office for civilian harm assessment from 2024 to 2025, before the unit was dissolved under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The "wholly illegal war" has been "carried out recklessly from the start and with little regard for the innocent," Bryant tells Democracy Now! "Pete Hegseth has already directed the committing of war crimes. And unfortunately, our senior military leadership is bending the knee and carrying out whatever he tells them to do." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@Slimmers1891-h1x 2026-03-25

Hegseth = prison for life, no parole.

623 36 replies
@ZangariRC 2026-03-25

Western colonialism was wrong back then and it's still wrong today..

584 36 replies
@Teryl-u5k 2026-03-25

Blowing up children....ON PURPOSE. THIS IS A WAR CRIME. Congress did not authorize this war. WAR CRIME. We the People did not agree to this war. WAR CRIME.

459 39 replies
@AlvianaDraper 2026-03-25

This is Illegal in Every Way. Total DISCONNECTION & DISREGARD to Humanity!

450 22 replies
@domemikgole7878 2026-03-25

Very sick people in the head. Greed of power and money .

330 9 replies
@karengrice2303 2026-03-25

They have also bombed lots of residential housing, hospitals and emergency services which are all war crimes. They need to be held accountable!

245 18 replies
@Bay-z4o 2026-03-25

Hegseth is committing war crimes AND bragging about it with psychopathic joy. He is sick.

130 7 replies
@rbernsteen 2026-03-25

Department of War CRIMES

58 1 replies
@hofnaerrchen 2026-03-25

The whole war is a crime.

46 2 replies
@BabyBaoKnows 2026-03-25

Children dying left and right in Gaza, Yemen, Iran... It makes me sick. They should be convicted of war crimes.

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