U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Iran: ‘U.S.-led war is a gift to the world’

The Defense Secretary of the United States of America has just issued a bold statement about the war in Iran, as well as bashed all those countries and allies who are ‘free loading’ off of the US’ efforts to forcibly re-open the Strait of Hormuz. After the war with Iran led the country to shut down the key waterway that allows much of the world’s oil through.

Pete Hegseth, said everything during a press conference at the Pentagon and it happened right alongside other big wigs like Joint Chiefs of Staff chair General Dan Caine.

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When starting off he not only called the entire thing US’ “gift to the world” according to The Independent but also said, “it's a bold and dangerous mission ... courtesy of a bold and historic president.”

He also referenced the Navy’s ability to cast an “ironclad blockade” on the area, saying that they may even be “going global” now, “tightening by the hour” with “no one” receiving permission to pass through “anywhere in the world” without permission.

His statement at the conference also did not shy away from calling out Iran for allegedly “acting like pirates” and “terrorists” because they are enforcing a blockade of their own. Regarding this he said, “We are in control. Nothing in, nothing out.”

He didn’t spare the allies either and called out those in Europe and Asia because they “have benefited from our protection for decades,” however, following the aftermath of this war, “the time for free riding is over,” he added. “America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal and who understand that being an ally is not a one way street. It's a two way street.”

Before concluding he also honed in a bite more on the Western world in particular and admitted, “we are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do, and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat.”