Ian said:

Inspecting claims ousted US generals, other military leaders refused Iran invasion orders

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entered its second month in April 2026, rumors spread online that multiple leaders within the U.S. armed forces had refused official orders to invade Iran, an act of defiance that allegedly prompted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to fire some of them while others supposedly resigned. The claims were unproven at the time of this writing.

The rumors appeared to stem from reports that Hegseth had dismissed three generals: Gen. Randy George, the Army’s chief of staff; Gen. David Hodne, who led the Army’s Transformation and Training Command; and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the Army’s chief of chaplains.

Snopes was unable to locate evidence that Hegseth dismissed the three generals over their supposed refusal of orders to invade Iran. Further, we could not confirm that he was preparing to dismiss other top officials for the same reason.
Snopes will update this report if additional information surfaces. We have reached out to the Department of Defense and an Instagram user who claimed to have insider information supporting these rumors and await responses.

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Hmm

Still, I wonder what the military bods are saying amongst themselves.

Imagine if Hitlers generals had refused some his misguided orders, could have had a much longer prolonged WW2