Garamendi calls Iran war quagmire as Hegseth defends battlefield successes
The clip from Progressive Daily shows an April 29, 2026, House Armed Services Committee hearing excerpt where Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) confronts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the U.S.-Israel war against Iran that began February 28, 2026. Garamendi praises tactical military execution but condemns the strategy as incompetent, labels it a 'war of choice' and 'quagmire,' cites a 40% gas price increase and soaring inflation contradicting cost-of-living promises, and says the president is stuck trying to exit his mistakes. Hegseth responds that calling it a quagmire two months in is reckless, defeatist, stains the troops, hands propaganda to enemies, and contrasts it with past Iraq/Afghanistan missions while highlighting battlefield successes and the courage to confront a nuclear Iran.
Source: Progressive Daily