Wes J. Bryant - Former Pentagon | Special Operations Veteran
@wesjbryant.bsky.social
Defense and National Security Analyst | Strike and Joint Targeting Expert | Special Operations Veteran | Author of Hunting the Caliphate
Proud to contribute to this joint @frontlinepbs.bsky.social / @washingtonpost.com documentary on Israel’s 12-day war against Iran’s nuclear program.
#IranNuclearProgram #IsraelStrikesIran #TargetedAssassinations
#IranNuclearProgram #IsraelStrikesIran #TargetedAssassinations
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Proud to contribute to this joint @frontlinepbs.bsky.social / @washingtonpost.com documentary on Israel’s 12-day war against Iran’s nuclear program.
#IranNuclearProgram #IsraelStrikesIran #TargetedAssassinations
#IranNuclearProgram #IsraelStrikesIran #TargetedAssassinations
Extremism is not exclusive to one religion, to one culture, to one race—and neither is humanity and heroism.
#BondiBeach #SydneyAttack
#BondiBeach #SydneyAttack
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extremism is not exclusive to one religion, to one culture, to one race—and neither is humanity and heroism.
#BondiBeach #SydneyAttack
#BondiBeach #SydneyAttack
See my commentary in @usatoday.com with candid words on the state of the U.S. military under Hegseth and its ongoing strike campaign under the banner of “narcoterrorism.”
#summaryexecution #narcoterrorism #boatstrikes #removehegseth
#summaryexecution #narcoterrorism #boatstrikes #removehegseth
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
See my commentary in @usatoday.com with candid words on the state of the U.S. military under Hegseth and its ongoing strike campaign under the banner of “narcoterrorism.”
#summaryexecution #narcoterrorism #boatstrikes #removehegseth
#summaryexecution #narcoterrorism #boatstrikes #removehegseth
In my commentary for @theintercept.com, I have blunt words for current Air Force leadership:
“Leaders like this are too focused on pleasing Hegseth and his obsession with lethality and ‘warrior culture’…. It’s disgusting.”
#NuclearHolocaust #RemovetheRegime
“Leaders like this are too focused on pleasing Hegseth and his obsession with lethality and ‘warrior culture’…. It’s disgusting.”
#NuclearHolocaust #RemovetheRegime
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In my commentary for @theintercept.com, I have blunt words for current Air Force leadership:
“Leaders like this are too focused on pleasing Hegseth and his obsession with lethality and ‘warrior culture’…. It’s disgusting.”
#NuclearHolocaust #RemovetheRegime
“Leaders like this are too focused on pleasing Hegseth and his obsession with lethality and ‘warrior culture’…. It’s disgusting.”
#NuclearHolocaust #RemovetheRegime
“He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12-year-old playing Army…. He should have been fired after Signalgate, and then every single day after that.”
Perhaps the best summation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, and I completely agree with Senator Kelly.
#WarCrimes #Impeach #Remove #Convict
Perhaps the best summation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, and I completely agree with Senator Kelly.
#WarCrimes #Impeach #Remove #Convict
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12-year-old playing Army…. He should have been fired after Signalgate, and then every single day after that.”
Perhaps the best summation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, and I completely agree with Senator Kelly.
#WarCrimes #Impeach #Remove #Convict
Perhaps the best summation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, and I completely agree with Senator Kelly.
#WarCrimes #Impeach #Remove #Convict
In this critical moment, I view it as my moral obligation to provide any insight that can help bring truth and transparency to the American people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In this critical moment, I view it as my moral obligation to provide any insight that can help bring truth and transparency to the American people.
My heart aches for the young soldiers recently ambushed in Washington, D.C.
Just days before the shootings, I was back in D.C. with a couple of close friends and fellow combat veterans to peacefully march and protest in a stand against the fascism and criminality of this administration.
Just days before the shootings, I was back in D.C. with a couple of close friends and fellow combat veterans to peacefully march and protest in a stand against the fascism and criminality of this administration.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My heart aches for the young soldiers recently ambushed in Washington, D.C.
Just days before the shootings, I was back in D.C. with a couple of close friends and fellow combat veterans to peacefully march and protest in a stand against the fascism and criminality of this administration.
Just days before the shootings, I was back in D.C. with a couple of close friends and fellow combat veterans to peacefully march and protest in a stand against the fascism and criminality of this administration.
The legendary Dropkick Murphys thundered the crowd with unapologetic protest songs, and the mesmerizing Earth to Eve graced us with somber and prophetic ballads (and was gracious enough to take a selfie with me).
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The legendary Dropkick Murphys thundered the crowd with unapologetic protest songs, and the mesmerizing Earth to Eve graced us with somber and prophetic ballads (and was gracious enough to take a selfie with me).
High-powered speakers—from representative Al Green to former Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone to friend and former Green Beret Anthony Aguilar—delivered powerful messages.
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
High-powered speakers—from representative Al Green to former Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone to friend and former Green Beret Anthony Aguilar—delivered powerful messages.
We are the Resistance.
This weekend, along with two fellow warriors and brothers, I attended the #RemovetheRegime rally at the capital of the people where thousands came together in solidarity against the fascist takeover of our nation. Proudly, many fellow veterans also answered the call.
This weekend, along with two fellow warriors and brothers, I attended the #RemovetheRegime rally at the capital of the people where thousands came together in solidarity against the fascist takeover of our nation. Proudly, many fellow veterans also answered the call.
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We are the Resistance.
This weekend, along with two fellow warriors and brothers, I attended the #RemovetheRegime rally at the capital of the people where thousands came together in solidarity against the fascist takeover of our nation. Proudly, many fellow veterans also answered the call.
This weekend, along with two fellow warriors and brothers, I attended the #RemovetheRegime rally at the capital of the people where thousands came together in solidarity against the fascist takeover of our nation. Proudly, many fellow veterans also answered the call.
ICE/CBP in North Carolina: Perspective from the eyes of a middle school teacher
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ICE/CBP in North Carolina: Perspective from the eyes of a middle school teacher
THIS is fascism. THIS is how democracy crumbles. We are far past the inflection point — this regime must be removed.
#RemovetheRegime #AntiFascism #Democracy #Humanity
#RemovetheRegime #AntiFascism #Democracy #Humanity
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
THIS is fascism. THIS is how democracy crumbles. We are far past the inflection point — this regime must be removed.
#RemovetheRegime #AntiFascism #Democracy #Humanity
#RemovetheRegime #AntiFascism #Democracy #Humanity
I mostly ignored this Veterans Day. Given the state of our nation and society and my own journey and experiences as a veteran, especially this past year, I struggle with the very meaning of my service and sacrifice and that of so many before me.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I mostly ignored this Veterans Day. Given the state of our nation and society and my own journey and experiences as a veteran, especially this past year, I struggle with the very meaning of my service and sacrifice and that of so many before me.
It was great to join highly respected friend and colleague Anthony Aguilar on the new Seriously Sara podcast along with host and first-generation Palestinian-American Sara Haddad. We had an important conversation on the atrocities in Gaza and America's complicity across political spectrums…
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It was great to join highly respected friend and colleague Anthony Aguilar on the new Seriously Sara podcast along with host and first-generation Palestinian-American Sara Haddad. We had an important conversation on the atrocities in Gaza and America's complicity across political spectrums…
The truth hurts—but we must always look inward. Or else what does it mean to be the leader of the free world? My commentary for @theintercept.com on @amnesty.org’s report on the U.S. campaign in Yemen under Trump and Hegseth and the killing of 61 migrants in a U.S. strike.
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The truth hurts—but we must always look inward. Or else what does it mean to be the leader of the free world? My commentary for @theintercept.com on @amnesty.org’s report on the U.S. campaign in Yemen under Trump and Hegseth and the killing of 61 migrants in a U.S. strike.
Is Amazon complicit in the atrocities in Gaza? Even as they declare a commitment to preventing “adverse human rights impacts”?
#Amazon #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine #GazaGenocide
#Amazon #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine #GazaGenocide
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is Amazon complicit in the atrocities in Gaza? Even as they declare a commitment to preventing “adverse human rights impacts”?
#Amazon #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine #GazaGenocide
#Amazon #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine #GazaGenocide
I spoke with @theintercept.com on the ongoing U.S. strikes in the Caribbean now creeping into the Pacific, the Trump administration’s disregard for both the rule of law and restraint in the use of military force, and Hegseth’s dismantling of civilian harm mitigation efforts…
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I spoke with @theintercept.com on the ongoing U.S. strikes in the Caribbean now creeping into the Pacific, the Trump administration’s disregard for both the rule of law and restraint in the use of military force, and Hegseth’s dismantling of civilian harm mitigation efforts…
Netanyahu again: “A tragic mishap.”
I provided analysis to Reuters and @washingtonpost.com in their extensive investigations into Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed 22, including journalists and first responders…
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
I provided analysis to Reuters and @washingtonpost.com in their extensive investigations into Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed 22, including journalists and first responders…
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Netanyahu again: “A tragic mishap.”
I provided analysis to Reuters and @washingtonpost.com in their extensive investigations into Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed 22, including journalists and first responders…
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
I provided analysis to Reuters and @washingtonpost.com in their extensive investigations into Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed 22, including journalists and first responders…
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
I joined Rana Abtar on The Washington Report on Bloomberg’s Asharq الشرق News to talk about Gaza, the ceasefire, and recent efforts toward peace…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ow-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ow-...
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I joined Rana Abtar on The Washington Report on Bloomberg’s Asharq الشرق News to talk about Gaza, the ceasefire, and recent efforts toward peace…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ow-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ow-...
“Adolf Hitler is by all means the authentic God-given fighter for peace, and millions of people all over the world put their hopes in him as the Prince of Peace on earth.”
— Swedish Parliamentarian and anti-fascist Erik Brandt, 1939
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitl...
— Swedish Parliamentarian and anti-fascist Erik Brandt, 1939
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitl...
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Adolf Hitler is by all means the authentic God-given fighter for peace, and millions of people all over the world put their hopes in him as the Prince of Peace on earth.”
— Swedish Parliamentarian and anti-fascist Erik Brandt, 1939
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitl...
— Swedish Parliamentarian and anti-fascist Erik Brandt, 1939
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitl...
There's a lot to break down in Hegseth's performative address to our military leadership and Trump's equally concerning rhetoric that followed. In my commentary for @politico.com, I focus on their many dangerous assertions on military use of force and rules of engagement.
October 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There's a lot to break down in Hegseth's performative address to our military leadership and Trump's equally concerning rhetoric that followed. In my commentary for @politico.com, I focus on their many dangerous assertions on military use of force and rules of engagement.
In the wake of Netanyahu's recent address to the UN and his shameful deflections of Israel's conduct in Gaza, we will continue to bring light to the atrocities.
Proud to have worked with @reuters.com in this comprehensive investigation into the August 25 strike on Nasser Hospital…
Proud to have worked with @reuters.com in this comprehensive investigation into the August 25 strike on Nasser Hospital…
September 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In the wake of Netanyahu's recent address to the UN and his shameful deflections of Israel's conduct in Gaza, we will continue to bring light to the atrocities.
Proud to have worked with @reuters.com in this comprehensive investigation into the August 25 strike on Nasser Hospital…
Proud to have worked with @reuters.com in this comprehensive investigation into the August 25 strike on Nasser Hospital…
September 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In my latest article exclusive to @zeteo.com, I tackle the legal and ethical entanglements in the expanded use of the U.S. military by the Trump administration and the implications of the recent strikes against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean.
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In my latest article exclusive to @zeteo.com, I tackle the legal and ethical entanglements in the expanded use of the U.S. military by the Trump administration and the implications of the recent strikes against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean.