House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Sunday he's a "hard yes" on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and the bipartisan war machine couldn't be more pleased that one of its own is doing the heavy lifting.

Jeffries told ABC's "This Week" that Hegseth "has abused his power, undermined our national security and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe." He added: "Pete Hegseth has got to go."

Here's what matters: Jeffries isn't wrong about the cost of the Iran war to ordinary Americans. Prices are up. The war was launched without congressional approval. Voters punished Republicans for it at the ballot box on Nov. 3, handing Democrats both chambers of Congress. But the New York Democrat's sudden concern for accountability rings hollow when you consider that his own party enabled every blank-check military commitment that preceded this one. The same establishment that cheered on two decades of Middle East quagmires now wants you to believe Hegseth is the problem — not the system that profits from forever wars.

Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger after opposing the war, is expected to force a vote this week on eight articles of impeachment. Massie previously tried in September, but Speaker Mike Johnson canceled planned votes and sent the House home early. Now, with nothing left to lose, Massie is back — and the New York Post reports House GOP leaders expect enough Republican defections to pass the measure, chiefly from members who lost their seats and have little left to lose.

Massie warned on social media that his resolution is "a much gentler version of what's coming when Dem's control Congress," predicting Democrats would launch full hearings and trials once they take over in January.

Hegseth hasn't bent. In a video posted to X, he called Massie "a disgruntled, defeated congressman" and dismissed the articles as a "sham" and "the politics of personal destruction." President Trump has said he has no plans to replace Hegseth, telling reporters the secretary is "doing a very good job." Though NBC News reported Trump has privately told allies he's considering a replacement, and an unnamed adviser told Axios the secretary is "definitely on thin ice."

Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN the Justice Department would defend administration officials against impeachment efforts and investigations, saying he'd be "very worried" if he were a Democrat threatening investigations. A Pentagon spokesperson said Hegseth "will not back down or be deterred by politicians seeking to score partisan points."

Jeffries said House Democrats will discuss the resolution Tuesday morning and predicted "incredibly strong support." He also framed the push as part of a broader accountability promise: "There's a cost to corruption and throughout this campaign, we promised that we would focus certainly on affordability and driving down the high cost of living, and on accountability."

Fair enough. But accountability that stops at one man isn't accountability at all — it's a scapegoat operation. The Post Millennial noted Hegseth is just one of several Trump administration officials Democrats plan to target with investigations come January. The war machine wants its Pentagon back, and Jeffries is leading the charge. The question working Americans should be asking: once Hegseth is gone, who replaces him — and whose interests do they serve?