Top U.S. military leaders have reportedly advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against extending the war in Iran because ongoing operations in the Middle East have degraded the Pentagon’s ability to confront threats elsewhere. According to The Washington Post, the warnings appeared in a classified assessment for Hegseth prepared by the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the four-star commanders overseeing U.S. operations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. This comes after multiple reports have revealed the U.S. is facing a critical munitions shortage, having used up much of its global stockpile of expensive missile systems during the war against Iran.
“The Pentagon is completely dysfunctional when it comes to fighting this kind of war,” says defense analyst William Hartung, principal adviser at the Project on Government Oversight. He says the U.S. policy establishment and the defense industry are less interested in effectiveness than in running a “money-making machine.”
