Hegseth: US Was ‘Locked and Loaded’ to Obliterate Iran
1 sourceUpdated Apr 8, 2026
President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran that a “whole civilization will die tonight” was not an idle one. That’s according to War Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday morning, a day after the threat was to be carried…
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