Hegseth is simultaneously announcing maximum American escalation AND claiming Iranian degradation is working.
If Iranian missile capacity is genuinely collapsing — why does today require the most intense strikes yet?
If today requires the most intense strikes yet — why is Iran's reduced firing the metric of success? #isreali #war #iran
These statements cannot both be strategically coherent simultaneously. Either the degradation is working and you're consolidating — or it isn't working and you're escalating. Hegseth announced both as victories in the same breath.