‘We’re Willing to Go As Far As We Need’

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth he and the president said Donald Trump He said “we are prepared to go as far as we have to go” to overthrow Iran’s theocratic regime, and that that includes sending American troops to Iran if necessary 60 Minutes Sunday night.

“We reserve the right. We would be completely unwise if we didn’t reserve the right to choose a particular option, whether it’s boots on the ground or boots on the ground,” Hegseth said.

This answer came some time after he said it. Major Garrett The United States did not have any “overt or covert forces” currently operating in Iran. But he grinned and was wary of Garrett, telling him, “Oh, I wouldn’t have told you this if we did.”

Hegseth said the press is waiting for answers about how long Operation Epic Rage will last. He said it would be unwise to share every detail of the administration’s plan with the public, but that the ultimate goal was “to ensure that their nuclear ambitions are eliminated.”

“People ask: ‘Boots on the ground, boots off the ground? Four weeks, two weeks, six weeks? Get in, get in.’ President Trump knows — I know — you don’t tell the enemy, you don’t tell the press, you don’t tell anyone what your limits are going to be on an operation,” Hegseth said.

“We are ready to go as far as we need to go to be successful,” he said.

Garrett later said that the seventh US soldier injured in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East died on Sunday. Americans did not die in vain, Hegseth said.

“Things like this don’t happen without casualties. There will be more casualties… especially our generation, who knows what it’s like to see Americans coming home in coffins,” Hegseth said. But that doesn’t weaken us one bit. It hardens our spine and our resolve to say that this is a fight we will finish.”

He also said the military was still investigating whether U.S. or Iranian forces were responsible for the attack that killed nearly 160 people. in a school.

Watch the above via CBS.

Post Hegseth Tells 60 Minutes Trump Administration Reserved Right to Put Boots on the Ground in Iran: ‘We’re Ready to Go as Far as We Need to’ appeared for the first time mediate.