WATCH | 'America is winning, decisively, devastatingly,' says Pete Hegseth: U.S. 'winning' Iran war 'without mercy,' White House claims | Duration 2:52 Striking a confident tone on the Iran war, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said 'America is winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.' "There's nothing more ambitious or difficult in foreign policy than regime change," he said. Multiple reports indicate that Trump and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to give regime change a nudge that goes beyond the bombing campaign. WATCH | Trump's mixed messages on why he launched war against Iran: The unanswered question in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran: Why? Many analysts say it would be impossible to oust the Iranian regime through an air war alone.

Source: CBC News March 06, 2026 21:05 UTC