Pentagon Pete’s Secret War Plot Leaks as Crisis Spirals

Kevin Lamarque / Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has quietly put plans in place that could see the Iran war drag on well into next year, according to a report. Hegseth is extending military deployments in and around the Middle Eastern country as part of an “open-ended” strategy to give President Donald Trump options on how to proceed with his deeply unpopular conflict, sources told The Wall Street Journal. This includes keeping around 50,000 troops in the region should…