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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst

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Former Pentagon Chief of Civilian Harm Assessments | Defense and National Security Analyst | Strike and Joint Targeting Expert | Special Operations Veteran | Author | Human Rights & Antifascism

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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No amount of shameless grandstanding, adolescent chest-beating, or performative patriotism by Hegseth will cover up the crimes and atrocities committed by him and this regime. To use his own words, we’ll continue to confront him and this criminal administration “all. day. long.”
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad to contribute to this well-balanced and detailed reporting by Task & Purpose. The U.S. operations against so-called “narcoterrorism” present a complex legal and moral dilemma for the troops being ordered to carry them out.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who, exactly, are the terrorists at this point? This is still not normal. None of it.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My friend and colleague, esteemed human rights lawyer Noura Erakat, was aggressively detained and arrested by Palm Beach police while speaking and protesting at what was supposed to be an open public commentary. This fight for our nation extends to our cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In Memoriam.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A highlight of my interview with Al Jazeera on the U.S. strike that hit a wedding party in Iran—killing two women and two children. I directly take on J.D. Vance’s rationalization that “the U.S. does not target civilians.”
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It is not just the school in Minab, not just the wedding party in Kuhestak—it is a pattern of devolution in the U.S. military’s adherence to international law and protection of the innocent that defines this administration and the Hegseth regime.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As more information unfolds, another example of the recklessness and atrocity being committed under the Hegseth regime—facilitated by generals and admirals who know far better. The question is whether there will be any accountability. The answer is no.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"We are conducting ourselves no better than Putin's Russia." A highlight of my interview with Sky News’ Yalda Hakim where I discussed recent escalations in the Iran war and a likely U.S. strike that hit a wedding party in the coastal city of Sirik—
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“May Trump be destroyed. May he drown in the blood of these children…” A highlight of my recent interview with BBC Newshour in the wake of their latest ground reporting from Iran on the US strike against an elementary school during the opening hours of the war.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A highlight of my recent interview with the BBC in the wake of their latest ground reporting from Iran on the US strike against an elementary school during the opening hours of the war. The strike killed nearly two hundred civilians—most of them young children.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Precision” can mean a lot of things. In Israel’s wars, it most often means — quite simply — more precise targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"It’s imperative… to speak out and become a voice for the voiceless.” I joined the Electronic Intifada podcast with friend and colleague Dr. Mimi Syed for an in-depth talk on our new report exposing Israel’s use of sniper-equipped quadcopters to shoot and kill children in Gaza.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I provided insight to @theintercept.com on their most recent reporting detailing the systemic disregard for civilian lives under the Trump-Hegseth regime and the very reasons we are seeing such horrific incidents unfold as the Minab school strike. Full article: theintercept.com/2026/07/20/h...
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In a powerful new documentary, I speak to the truth behind the Minab school bombing. I assisted @news.sky.com in their months long on-the-ground investigation into the U.S. bombing of a primary school on the first day of the Iran War…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My latest commentary for @theguardian.com in their investigation into Israel’s reckless use of AI surveillance systems in Gaza and Lebanon—turning swathes of the civilian population into “targets.” Full article: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In June, three experts published a research report on Israel's precise and lethal use of quadcopter drones mounted with sniper rifles to fire on Palestinian children, documenting a disturbing pattern—multiple cases of well-targeted, single-round shots against children fired from Israeli quadcopters.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
To the Revolution. #America250
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DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mimi Syed, @wesjbryant.bsky.social, and Charles Blaha explain their report with @costsofwar.bsky.social on Israel's precise, lethal quadcopter use in Gaza, documenting multiple targeted, single-round shots against children, many from quadcopters. Report: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/Quadco...
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“In two decades of ground and air warfare by the United States and its allies in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Afghanistan, Reuters could find no examples of damage to cultural heritage sites listed at the time by UNESCO.”
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“He said strikes in Iran that had killed thousands of civilians were a sign of the rising ‘aggregate harm’ that the US was willing to accept.” My interview to @theguardian.com on the Iran war, the dangerous shift of the use and purpose of the U.S. military under Trump and Hegseth…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“… a pattern of highly precise and troubling applications of lethal force utilizing small tactical ‘sniper’ drones against children.”
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Israeli military's use of small tactical drones in Gaza has not reduced civilian harm but has intensified it, according to our latest research, with recommendations for the U.S. as a leader in global drone technologies. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/Quadco...
Photo by Heidi Levine (July 30, 2025) showing an aerial view of Gaza destruction, taken during a Royal Jordanian military flight for a humanitarian aid mission.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“Within minutes of a strike on a school full of children… Pentagon officials knew that the U.S. military was responsible.” I spoke to @nytimes.com on the recklessness of the U.S. strike against an elementary school in Iran during the opening hours of the war—
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The most recent wave of U.S. strikes against Iran destroyed a remote water facility and key reservoir for 20,000 Iranian civilians in the midst of a severe drought and water crisis.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“And I’d say right now, for America—there is something truly wrong with America’s soul.” I joined @news.sky.com for a special on the Iran War to discuss the tragic U.S. strike against an elementary school in Minab…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
As the despots who have seized our nation continue to refuse accountability and propagate lies in their ceaseless thirst for domination and power—those of us who do not fear them will continue to speak the truth. Especially when the lives of the innocent are at stake.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Are you surprised...?" In this highlight of a recent interview with Sky News, I answer the question of whether I'm surprised at the conduct of this administration in its war with Iran and speak to the values that the U.S. military is supposed to represent.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“I would ask the Secretary, if I were in front of him: Tell me what other military is bombing hundreds of school children—when you’re claiming that we’re the best military in the world at protecting civilians.” A highlight of my interview with Going Underground on the Iran War…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“This is not ‘Fog of War’...” An excerpt of my interview with BBC where I discussed the marked absence of accountability and transparency under Pete Hegseth's Department of "War," the dangerous culture shift proliferating at the highest levels of the U.S. military…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My analysis for renowned journalist Nilo Tabrizy’s investigation into the pattern of illegal and reckless U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“This fascist, hateful, Christian and Judeo-Christian Nationalist ideology… that drives a lot of this.” There is a reason Trump makes such threats as “a whole civilization will die tonight.” In my interview with TMJ News, I lay out exactly what is behind everything this administration is doing…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“We have to ask ourselves, ‘Who are we as a people?’” In my interview with @camanpour.bsky.social in March, I addressed the truly maniacal nature of Trump and Hegseth as they carry out war crimes across the world and continue to threaten more. Now, just over two weeks later,
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“The Trump administration, Hegseth himself, and really our senior military leadership have presented an utter failure to foresee the implications of this war.” I joined @pbsnews.org NewsHour to discuss the downing of U.S. strike aircraft in Iran and the ongoing rescue effort…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Honored to be interviewed by Mr. Ralph @nader.org, where we had an incredibly engaging discussion on the criminality of the Iran war and the broader dangers that this administration has brought to the very fabric and soul of our nation.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“The danger here, the incredible danger, is that the U.S. military is now starting to import the practices of the Israeli military.” Highlight from my interview with @democracynow.org where I discuss the soulless bloodthirst of this depraved administration…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/03/2026
Former Pentagon analyst-turned-whistleblower Wes Bryant says the U.S. is "starting to import the practices of the Israeli military" with its usage of so-called "precision munitions" in dense civilian areas.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
“We are not ‘liberating’ the Iranian people at all…” Honored to interview with Christiane Amanpour to talk about the tragedy in Iran, my whistleblowing at the Pentagon, and the criminal use of our military under the Trump administration.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“Our country, our nation, and by extension our military, has been gripped by fascism...” I joined Alex Wagner on the Runaway Country podcast for a very engaging discussion on the war in Iran and the U.S. strike on an Iranian elementary school, where we delved into the broader lawlessness…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“This is what happens when you emplace people of this character in positions of power…” I joined MS NOW @theweekendprime.bsky.social to discuss the U.S. strike on a girls' school in Iran, the slashing of the Pentagon's civilian protection efforts under Pete Hegseth…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“We could be here for years… or tomorrow Trump could say we’re stopping everything and moving on to the next crisis—that usually he creates.” I joined TRT World to discuss the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, the deployment of a Marine contingent, and whether this signals escalation in Iran.
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“Innocent lives are at stake with what’s happening at the Pentagon under Hegseth. That’s the problem here. That’s what’s most important.” Full Interview: youtu.be/8f6XOwV-JBs
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Highlight from my interview with @npr.org’s On the Media for an in-depth discussion on the Pentagon's slashing of its program to protect civilians in war, the retaliation I faced as a Pentagon whistleblower, and the dangerous consequences…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“It’s unacceptable and shameful, in itself, that our own secretary of defense, our own military leadership, can’t to this day confirm where they’ve dropped their own munitions—their own bombs and missiles.”
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
“It seems to me... they don't care about the Iranian population at all.” I joined The Times of London to discuss the U.S. strike on a girls' school in Iran, how it happened, the implications of the Pentagon slashing of civilian harm mitigation efforts under Pete Hegseth…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“This was not ‘Fog of War’...” I joined ⁨Australia ABC’s Radio National Breakfast to discuss in depth the U.S. strike on a girls' school in Iran, how it likely happened, and the implications of the Pentagon's slashing of civilian harm mitigation efforts under Pete Hegseth.
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In Depth: Iran School Strike | Wes J. Bryant | Australia ABC Radio National Breakfast
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I joined ⁨@NPR⁩’s Madeleine Brand to discuss in depth the U.S. strike on a girls' school in Iran, how it likely happened, and the implications of the Pentagon's slashing of civilian harm mitigation efforts under Pete Hegseth.
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In Depth: Iran School Strike | Wes J. Bryant | NPR
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“When we have this culture proliferated from the top… embodying the antithesis of everything we’re supposed to stand for as American warfighters—everything else tends to slip.” Closing statement in my interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's The Situation Room…
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Continuing to bring to light the lawless use of lethal military force under the Trump administration and the dangerous shift that’s unfolded so quickly under Hegseth, I joined @pbsnews.org to discuss the consequences in light of the unbelievably tragic strike on a girls’ school in Iran. My “why.”
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Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon Chief | War Analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
My experience as a Pentagon whistleblower is profiled in this hard-hitting piece by @propublica.org on the dissolution of DoD civilian protection efforts and Hegseth’s blatant disregard for U.S. and international law and the long-standing principles that separate us from our enemies…
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