TOP General makes SHOCK ADMISSION on WAR at HEARING!!

There have been major hearings held on Capitol Hill today regarding this disastrous war in Iran. It's unlawful, without authorization. I want to show you what went down on this hearing. You had General Grinkovich, who's the U.S. commander, NATO Supreme Allied commander. He's an Air Force general. He's the new NATO Supreme Allied commander in Europe, and that has responsibility over

areas not just in Europe, but portions of Asia and the Middle East as well. So General Grinkovich oversees this specific area. I want to show you some of the questioning that he received today, some of the admissions that were made, especially regarding the elementary school in Manab that was targeted by the United States military during the first day of strikes, resulting in the death of 150 elementary little girls and 185 people in total.

Donald Trump denies this takes place or says he doesn't know but our intelligence and military are clearly you know assessing that that this happened. I want to show you what went down during the hearing this morning.

Let's play this first clip. Any person who can get satellite access to Google Maps today can see that this was a school. New York Times had no problem getting that data and information for a report today. What do you intend to do at UCOM to make sure your targeting is consistent with American values?

Yeah, Senator, thanks. You know, over the course of my career, I've, as a fighter pilot, I've always done everything I can to avoid civilian harm and civilian casualties. And I would tell you, I'm absolutely committed to that.

I know the department is committed to that. And that when tragedies like this happen, it causes us all to reflect and try to improve our processes. I've been involved in the targeting process, both of the tactical and the operational levels

throughout my career. And I would tell you, we do have a number of safeguards in the system. You know, every single time that at the tactical level, I was going to release a weapon on a target, I was personally making an assessment

as to whether there was any chance of civilian harm. And if there was, was that proportional to the military necessity of striking the target at the operational level, both from my time in U.S. Central Command previously and then now at U.S. European Command? I can assure you that we have robust standards that we go through and look

to see and update the imagery and update our understanding of the target and refresh the intelligence and update our understanding of the target and refresh the intelligence on a recurring basis to determine the chances of civilian harm and to address any collateral concerns that might be there. So you just know I'm absolutely committed to trying to mitigate that risk.

I appreciate your testimony. I'm highly concerned, however, that Secretary Hegseth does not agree with you. Secretary Hegseth has criticized rules of engagement designed to adhere to the laws of armed conflict and support civilian harm mitigation. Secretary Hegseth has also cut

the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence by about 90%.

Yeah, and then I'll show you one more portion of this hearing from today. More questioning of General Grinkovich right here.

Let's play it. It's one of the unexpected beneficiaries of our operations in Iran has been Russia. The price of gas has increased dramatically, which benefits their economy at a point where their economy was suffering after multiple years of warfare. We've in fact lifted sanctions on the delivery of oil with India and other countries. We are now in a position where we must send missiles, particularly Patriot, to the Gulf

area to replenish our supplies rather than to provide them to Ukrainians. This all seems to be a situation where Putin is benefiting dramatically. Is that your perception that this has unexpectedly or unintentionally given him a significant increase in staying power?

Senator, a couple of thoughts on this. First, I'm very proud of the role that European Command is playing to support Operation Epic Fury. And our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and guardians have been operating at a high tempo

in the Eastern Med and elsewhere, defending Alliance territory and defending our forces and projecting power into US Central Command. As you noted, the price of oil and gas has gone up. We know that Putin does depend on that. I think how much he benefits from it depends on how long those prices remain elevated. I know the leadership of the department is watching this very closely.

I know the president's watching this very closely and that they're certainly concerned about the prices that are out there. So I guess, you know, on the on the munitions front, what I would say on that is we do continue to flow munitions into Ukraine. I could get into some of the specifics on implications in the classified session later today, but I assure you that

support continues. Well, Donald Trump had his top envoys meeting with Russia yesterday in Miami to talk not about Ukraine, but to talk about lifting more sanctions against Russia and more economic cooperation between the United States and Russia. You had Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner who butchered all of the negotiations with Iran. They were meeting with Ushakov and Dmitriyev in Miami talking about helping Russia. That's why we need very serious people in Congress right now and people who have military backgrounds

who also understand this on the democratic side. I want to introduce you to Matt Masdam. And Matt is a Navy SEAL, served in the Navy for 20 years. Photos of Matt in the Navy, you served all over in tours of duty, whether it was in the Middle East and elsewhere. You were Obama's main military aid, meaning that you walked around with Obama holding the nuclear suitcase,

which was obviously one of the highest responsibilities of anybody in the military. You're a Michigan guy, you went to college in Michigan, and now you're running for Michigan's seventh congressional district. And with everything that's going on right now,

and I think we've seen how no one doubts the power and strength of our military, its ability to execute and project power. But often powerful people, Matt, don't need to run around saying, I'm so powerful. Look at me projecting my power. Look how powerful. Also, you ran the BUDS program or one of the leaders of the BUDS program at the Navy SEALs and Hell Week, which is one of the toughest parts of that.

So you've worked with lots of people and trained people who were in combat in addition to being combat yourself. So I wanna talk about your congressional race, of course, running for Michigan's seventh, but I wanna hear your view of this moment

that we're in right now, Matt. Yeah, thank you so much. I was a SEAL for 20 years, like you said, I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and I carried the nuclear codes for President Obama, so I have a pretty good sense of what's going on. And this is one of those times where you say,

like, why are we doing this? Why now? Do we have a plan? What's the mission? What's the plan to accomplish the mission? And how and when does this end, right?

This is not something you wanna go into lightly. You know, you mentioned the biggest, strongest guys don't have to show that off all the time. You know, the people that I know that are physically the strongest, the fighter type guys, they are the kindest people you've ever met because they don't have to show off that they're big, strong, tough guys. Everybody knows it, right? And

the United States military is kind of that way. We don't have to bang our chest and lord it over people. Like people know that we're big and strong and we need to use that power for good. And starting another war in the Middle East that feels like a forever war, has no real goals or objectives,

feels like a bad thing to me. And Matt, even the biggest and the strongest without planning and preparation may not be able to use that big and strong power. I mean, you could use the analogy of just an individual person,

whether it's in a boxing ring or a UFC ring, whatever, just because you are the biggest and the toughest and you have the strength. If someone punches you in a certain area, you're not protecting certain things, you could be hit hard and planning is important

and obviously taken to the more serious analogy of what's happening right now, rushing into a war, not understanding the amount of munitions that were had, not recognizing perhaps the evolution of war, where our THAADs and Patriot missiles were positioned, not understanding the extent of Iranian unmanned vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, or understanding the development

of some of their cluster munitions and how they've developed things, and not, you know, and not, I think, appreciating the defense systems that were need by our allies in the Middle East as well to handle all of this.

You know, it just seems that there were a lot of things that if there was even, you know, if there was planning, preparation, congressional authorization, going through a process, talking to the American people, you know, explaining why this was absolutely necessary

at the last possible circumstance, like perhaps there could be, you know, a lot of the things that we're seeing right now are very problematic, Matt. And they're out there saying they've won. I mean, Trump's out there saying, I've won the war.

I'm like, what are you talking? No, you haven't. What are you talking about?

Right.

And these are the kind of things you want to see. And these are the kind of things you want to see. I think everything you said is accurate.