Pete Hegseth just admitted to murder and is heading toward executing a massive mission that one ex-GOP insider says will "end in ruin."

Steve Schmidt, an independent political strategist who worked on former President George W. Bush's campaign, on Sunday published a piece called, "Kill them all" is a confession to murder under American law, in which he discusses how the "United States of America stands at the edge of war against Venezuela."

Schmidt begins by flagging "a letter from Armed Services Committee chair Roger Wicker and Democratic Senator Jack Reed," which he said "seems to suggest that the Politburo takes a dim view of blatant murder, and may seek to assert its muted powers and end its eunuch status, by reminding the executive branch of its co-equal status within the government of the Republic."

He then continued:

"However, anyone betting on these people to do their duty at this point is a fool waiting to be separated from their money. For the optimist, the best I can do is say 'Trust, but verify.' I say this based on precedent. If Trump favors invading a nation of 28.4 million without a strategy, plan or any debate under utterly incompetent leadership after dividing the nation, MAGA is for it."

Schmidt further added, "When the inevitable disaster comes they will blame it on anyone from Conan the Barbarian to Chelsea Clinton to Mr. Magoo, but never Trump. Never Trump. After all, God can do no wrong — at least their God."

Summarizing how he sees it, Schmidt says, "When Trump retreats and the bodies come home they will say it was a victory."

"When the economy crashes they will call it prosperity. When your job disappears they will call it opportunity. When a masked secret police thug smashes a window and punches a woman or child they will call it justice. When an election is lost they will say it is stolen," the strategist wrote. "The war in Venezuela has been concocted on a south Florida patio by the most incompetent gang of American leaders in American history. It will end in ruin."

He goes on to say the U.S. is "going to war against Venezuela with no congressional debate, no public debate and scant media coverage on the back of war crimes being committed in the name of the American people — and executed by men who have likely committed murder under the Geneva Conventions."

"Incredibly, the war will begin before the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and before the 5th anniversary of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan," he further stated.

Read the essay here.