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The Owen Jones Podcast

Trump’s Iran War Chief LOSES IT

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0

This completely insane speech about the illegal war in Iran from the US Secretary of War,

0:05.5

Pete Heggzeth, is so disturbing. It really does underline that the US is run by tin pot extremists.

0:12.3

It shows these people aren't clever, to say the least, and are high on the own delusions of grandeur

0:17.7

and ideological fanaticism. We're going to go through these clips and they really

0:22.2

are bizarre, but they underline that there isn't a strategy here. They plan to just keep pulverizing

0:28.5

Iran and we'll talk in a bit about the carpet bombing that they're subjecting Iran to and then

0:33.9

just hope that somehow magically that leads to whatever victory is in their world.

0:39.0

Now, a background on Peter Heggzeth, he's a man who has allegations of sexual misconduct against him,

0:44.6

inappropriate behaviour, and running a hostile workplace environment prior to joining Trump's cabinet.

0:49.8

His tattoos associated with white supremacist subcultures led to him being flagged as an insider threat

0:56.0

by a fellow service member personnel prior to the 2021 inauguration of Donald Trump.

1:01.4

Let's just start with this.

1:02.8

We didn't start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it.

1:08.8

Their war on Americans has become our retribution against their Ayatola and his

1:15.1

death cult. Going to have to fact check you there, Pete. Yes, you did start this war, quite obviously,

1:21.1

in front of the whole world, in fact, your country and Israel started the war after unilaterally ending

1:25.2

negotiations with Iran, which achieved a breakthrough over nuclear material,

1:29.7

which is why you started the war because your excuses were swiftly disappearing.

1:33.7

This is, of course, an illegal war of aggression, of choice, as per international law.

1:39.3

The UN Charter sets that out very clearly.

1:41.8

And as per US law, it's unconstitutional having not received the consent

1:45.5

of Congress. Now, what the hell is this? America, regardless of what so-called international

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