Hegseth Vows Stiffened Resolve After First US Servicemembers Killed in Jordan
🎖️ PENTAGON — Hegseth's first words after KIA aren't grief. They're a green light. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: "Stiffens our resolve" is doctrine, not eulogy — it publicly forecloses de-escalation as a response to US deaths. Hegseth framing KIA as resolve-hardening removes any political space for restraint before Trump's address. Pakistan's channel and Rezaee's deadline both expire into a Pentagon that just declared mourning as escalation mandate.
