Of Course Not

Of course he attacked the press, he couldn't say yes or no, so he attacked the question. If he did he would be admitting to a war crime.

Hegseth on whether strike on civilian infrastructure is a war crime: ‘Disingenuous question’ 

The Hill

by Sarah Davis

06/11/26

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday slammed a reporter’s question about whether a U.S. strike on Iran’s civilian infrastructure would be considered a war crime. 

“Well, it’s precisely the kind of disingenuous question that I’m used to from the media, impugning the motives of the folks on our side who are incredibly professional and incredibly effective,” Hegseth responded.

“We will hit them hard, on our terms, on the targets that improve the environment for us to operate in and undermine the capabilities that Iran wants to have,” he continued. “Again, they can’t do that to us meaningfully, the way that we can to them.”

Let us not forget in the opening salvos of the war the U.S. hit a school and the attack reportedly killed more than 150 civilians, most of them children.