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And through all of this, Hegseth insists this is not about regime change, even though trump has been on camera for days all but fantasizing about toppling Tehran and “ending this evil regime.” That contradiction is not a minor messaging glitch, it is a tell that there is no coherent strategy, just vibes and vengeance dressed up as policy. You are left with a Defense Secretary who sounds like an entitled pundit way out of his league, fronting for a president who wants regime change while pretending this is some limited clean operation that just happens to ignore half a century of hard won rules.
