Pete Hegseth Is Gutting Pentagon Programs That Reduce Civilian Casualties
The defense secretary’s focus on “lethality” could lead to “wanton killing and wholesale destruction and disregard for law,” one Pentagon official said.
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The defense secretary’s focus on “lethality” could lead to “wanton killing and wholesale destruction and disregard for law,” one Pentagon official said.
Trump’s latest war is wrapped up in his egocentric narcissism and his me, me, me world.
The U.S. launched 16 jets from the USS Harry S. Truman to drop 125,000 pounds of bombs on a cave complex in Somalia, killing 14.
Over 1,000 American soldiers are still on the ground in Syria, even as Trump talks about lifting sanctions for its new government.
Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
UAVs continually kill civilians, but the U.S. military wants to expand its arsenal with an army of new, mass-produced kamikaze AI drones.
“It bears an unsettling resemblance to the occupation of Iraq, where promises of liberation quickly gave way to years of insurgency.”
“When change is real, it comes from below. It comes from you and me,” says Rage Against the Machine’s Morello. “That’s what I've been singing about and screaming about in my songs for an entire career.”
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
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