Pete Hegseth confidently declared his forever war on Iran is so much better than Vietnam and it’s not the dunk he thinks it is

“Look at Vietnam!” is their new “look at the left!” strategy to take zero accountability https://t.co/mzKQzW476v

— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) November 10, 2026

Why is he making troop deaths a scoreboard?

— Hal_For_NY__ (@HalforNY__) November 10, 2026

So if fewer than 60,000 Americans are killed, it's then considered a success? wtf

— Devin Duke (@sirDukeDevin) November 10, 2026

Hey, Sec. Hegseth? Military historian over here. The reason the Vietnam War lost support is generally accepted to be the fact that what the military defined as success didn't result in anything that ended the war. Maybe you should read a book you don't already agree with.

— Atomic Squirrel, JD, DD 🇺🇦⚖️ (@Correspondguy) November 10, 2026

Pete's downplaying the deaths of our soldiers by comparing the Iran conflict to one of the bloodiest wars in U.S. history. https://t.co/PwcMB6SMnc

— WarMonitor (@TheWarMonitor) November 10, 2026

i was gonna do shots every time he lied, but i can’t afford that in this economy https://t.co/6th4F8xYAF

— •spooki•girl•cassiopeia•™ (@sadgirlcassi) November 10, 2026

“This wasn’t as bad as Vietnam” isn’t the best defense.

— Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 (@AlCappuccinoIT) November 10, 2026

They really think – more people died in vietnam – is a winning message.

— Survivingnsweatpants (@Mominsweats) November 10, 2026

"Listen we didnt do as poorly as one of our worst military operations in history so we're definitely successful" https://t.co/L362vPiwKf

— 🟦DanDee🟥 (@FineNDanDee) November 10, 2026