ProPublicaMar 10

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
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A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.

The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.

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Show threadwasabi brainMar 11
@ProPublica we shouldn’t bomb civilians for moral reasons but even just for utilitarian purposes, lessons from past wars taught the military that they still depended on the good graces of locals to maintain victory, and there was no worse way to guarantee continued resistance than indiscriminate bombing. Absolute buffoons
Show threadScott Galloway
@virtualinanity @ProPublica "Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity" as the placard said.
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