# War on Iran: Pentagon Whistleblower Wes Bryant SLAMS Trump Admin’s RECKLESS Bombing of Civilians

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Published: 2026-05-02T11:12:48+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Master Sgt. Wes Bryant Pentagon Whistleblower and Former Branch Chief of the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. He discusses Pete Hegseth shutting down the department he worked for and the ‘revelling in death and destruction’ as civilians are killed and injured in Iran, the US’ bombing of civilian infrastructure and Trump’s threats to destroy the entire Iranian civilisation, the dramatic departure from targeting assessment protocol under the second Trump Administration, the extreme Christian nationalism and Zionism behind Pete Hegseth’s and Donald Trump’s support to the hilt of Israel, the Pentagon’s conduct during the Gaza genocide under the Biden Administration, the allegation that the civilian protection centre was a PR cover for US war crimes, Israel’s dropping of landmines in Iran, and much more.

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