As Hegseth would say bomb West Asian country (6)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

I am not sure of the wordplay here.  Pete Hesgeth is the US Secretary of War.  The only reference I can find to his wishing to attack TURKEY is in an online description of a recent South Park cartoon episode where Hesgeth is portrayed as being unhappy with a TURKEY [bird] party or festival and chooses to attack te event)