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The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

Breaking: “We Didn’t Start This War… But We Are Finishing It”: Fiery First War Briefing

The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

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4.33.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

For the first time since Operation Epic Fury began over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth along with the Joint Chiefs Chairman held a Pentagon press briefing. There are now 4 confirmed U.S. casualties and there were repeated warnings of more potential loss of American lives.  We also learned everything is potentially on the table, Hegseth refusing to rule out boots on the ground, promising an extended, but not endless war. 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.1

Hey there, folks.

0:07.1

It is Monday, March 2nd, and we just got our first full briefing about the war in Iran from the administration.

0:15.9

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:18.6

We will kill you, Robs.

0:20.3

That was kind of...

0:21.6

That's a direct quote, by the way, from this press conference, which included a lot of bravado.

0:26.3

Yes, the quote that kind of stood out to me that I found myself jotting down to remember,

0:32.3

instead of death to America, death to Israel, it's now death from America, death from Israel. I thought that was

0:40.4

fairly dramatic and memorable and a way to twist their mantra against us right back at them.

0:49.8

We're going to kill you. And if you don't know, now you know. That's a direct quote, folks. That is not me

0:55.0

making up a line. He said that this song almost like a rap battle was going on to a certain

1:00.8

degree with some of the language we're not used to hearing. Some people will applaud. Yes,

1:04.5

we need to project strength. Others will have a different opinion. But Pete Hexap, along with the chair of the

1:09.4

Joint Chiefs of Staff, just finished moments ago as of this recording. And Robs, this was a big deal for them having a press conference. There's been dribs and drabs, and even the president has put out some information, but this was the first time that we got a full briefing on the war in Iran, and they took question. Yeah, but the questions we should just point out for those of

1:28.2

you who don't remember, remember that thing a couple months ago where if you didn't sign this

1:33.8

pledge that you weren't going to report anything out of the Pentagon unless the Pentagon

1:38.0

was aware and approved your reporting. If you didn't sign that pledge, you weren't allowed into the Pentagon briefing room.

1:46.3

So, yeah, the folks who were asking questions,

1:48.8

we started looking up when they named where they were from.

1:51.9

They were all from conservative-leaning, right-leaning outlets.

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