Hegseth Says ‘We Will Finish This’ on Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the war in Iran is different from previous U.S. operations in the Middle East and that Tehran couldn’t be trusted to abandon its nuclear program on its own terms, adding, “We will finish this.”
“Our objectives given directly from our America-first president remain exactly what they were on day one,” he said in a joint briefing with Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Hegseth added that no time has been set on ending the conflict.
The comments came as Iranian attacks on Middle Eastern energy infrastructure have sent oil prices sharply higher. Qatar said missiles caused extensive damage at a major hub for liquefied natural gas, while Saudi and Kuwaiti refineries were also hit.
Those strikes came in response to an Israeli attack on the South Pars field. President Trump said Israel won’t launch further attacks against that Iranian asset but threatened that the U.S. will “blow up the entirety” of it if Qatari gas is attacked again.