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Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Pete Hegseth's PR stunt regarding military readiness for a potential war with Iran.

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's latest and possibly most absurd PR stunt for aggression against Iran, and what it says about America's military readiness. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrayzonenews Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thegrayzone #TheGrayzone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XlHSktOxLc

People in this episode

Host: Max Blumenthal

Guest: Aaron Mate

Topics covered

• military readiness
• Iran war
• PR stunts
• U.S. aggression
• political commentary

Keywords

• Hegseth
• Iran
• military
• aggression
• The Grayzone
• Max Blumenthal
• Aaron Mate
• politics
• U.S. military

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Organizations: The Grayzone

Places: Iran, America

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