Pentagon Loses Wars, Wastes Money, and Proves its Incompetence in Iran

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

Some facts about the current leadership in the Pentagon.

Our military leaders have lost every war since WWII. However, each year Congress increases the Pentagon’s budget, although it was clear that they wasted 50 percent of their previous budget attempting to create the “ultimate weapon,” regardless of futility and waste.

In 2026, the Pentagon received $961.6 billion dollars.

However, the worst was yet to come.

COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AND VIOLATING THE UCMJ

I grew up watching every John Wayne WWII movie ever made. They increased my already profound feelings of patriotism. However, today’s military leaders are not actors, and their actions are far from noble.

First, an important fact. The Pentagon is not bound by law to obey the orders of their Commander-in-Chief if those orders violate the Constitution or the Universal Code of Military Justice.

Trump and Hegseth’s murders of more than 100 passengers on speed boats off the coast of Venezuela, are actions of nothing less than murder. There was no due process and absolutely no tangible proof that they were drug traffickers. Maybe they were, and maybe they were not: we will never know the truth.

Trump supporters and the Pentagon continue to gaslight the American people. His unilateral decision to attack the sovereign nation of Iran is tantamount to Putin’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. He, alone, declared war against the people of Iran, and this is a very serious and impeachable violation of the Constitution.

Although our military was not required to follow the orders of a raging lunatic, they eagerly began firing missiles into the heart of the nation of Iran, killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children without definitive proof of the allegations made by Trump and Hegseth.

I WAS DISTRAUGHT AND APPALLED WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIONS OF GEORGE W. BUSH

When George W. Bush lied to the American people, Congress, and the United Nations about Iraq’s “harboring weapons of mass destruction for Al Qaeda,” and invaded the nation in 2003, I felt a rumbling in my stomach.

When I learned that Bush authorized the commission of torture upon detainees in Guantanamo Bay, violating every principle and moral of our nation, I was angry and ashamed.

What Trump is doing to the world’s population in 2026 can only be called war crimes and are an affront on the dreams of our Founding Fathers.

He is not an American president.

ONLY ONE POSSIBLE REASON

The only reason I can find which explains the failure of our leaders in the Pentagon to disobey the demands of a dictator lie in the structure of military life.

All military organizations and law enforcement agencies are by necessity, fascist. Without separation by rank, and the higher the rank, the greater the power, neither of these two groups could exist.

Therefore, they are eager to serve their Fuhrer.

The only question of absolute importance is, “who will fight for the rights of the American people?”

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Sources: winwithoutwar.org: Pentagon Waste Fact Sheet FY2019

cnn.com: ‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal year

military.com: US Military Aircraft Hit in Iran War are First Shot Down by Enemy Fire in Over 20 Years