Adam Serwer: Hegseth is a prime example. Deeply unqualified for the job and convinced that brutality provides an easy path to victory, he has led the US to the verge of a strategic defeat with a weaker adversary in Iran. The current cease-fire leaves Iran with a more hard-line government than

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He can't even pick the right size suit never mind run the military.
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Fighting the urge to say that maybe a TV host shouldn't be in his position...
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before, one in total control of a shipping lane crucial to the world economy. The Islamic Republic is arguably in a stronger position today than it was when the war started, and probably in a stronger position than it was before Trump, in his first term, scrapped the Obama-era nuclear deal.
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He can blast away but Iran knows the numbers
...it just needs a handful of drones to send thousands of Middle East expats home...
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Hegseth has exceeded Putin's expectations.
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