>they literally make it worse. The only thing in debate was it Hegseth and Bradley togehter? Or Bradley alone. The cover stories for the restrike are already bad lies (which would get you another charge). If Chairman Wicker gets the unredacted info he wants, then the answer of who is lying is done.
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>interesting but unlikely because clearly there was sufficient force to attack any of those vessels too. In fact more reason for SOCOM to want them to come out.
3. That the floating debris was a hazard to navigation. Wild. With people still in the debris?
Those stories don't develop and excuse<
03.12.2025 01:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Why it is not some huge leap of faith to determine the order for restrike was illegal. 3 reasons based on the responses by the Administration:
1. Self defense. Interesting but unlikely.
2. The ability for follow-on smugglers to pick up their confederates or retrieve the cargo. Again<
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Probably better than an EGOT for sure.
02.12.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
*he's going to get an Oscar...
02.12.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Man, if he doesn't get a long prison sentence first, he's going to the get and Oscar...or at least a day time Emmy.
02.12.2025 20:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Always was. Using kinetic as a eupeimism for lethal is just so stupid. Example: Slap in the face. Very kinetic event. Not lethal (in most cases). Someone says kinetic and I mock them all day long.
02.12.2025 20:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Coast Guard just reported that they have had a record year in tonnage and cash value seizures. That was without citing this operation. Someone ain't matching their stories.
02.12.2025 20:13 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Man, when your Oakleys have sweat streaks and your breath is fogging things up 'cause your mission-hyped, it gets crazy. That's just in the JOC. Can you imagine in the field miles away while some airborne vehicle struck the target? They are clearly using their fog of war generator with dry ice.
02.12.2025 20:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You said sane, right?
02.12.2025 20:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Destro is so going to get the office supply dude some high fives.
02.12.2025 19:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
OMG, did he part the waters too and save one his apostles?
02.12.2025 19:31 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yeah, shipwrecks involve survivors you can't restrike. Guys on land, well you get PID, you can.
02.12.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
can our journalism scientists create a form of news that Mike Johnson can read?
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There are some people who will take that dare. Pick your challenge wisely...it could help us.
02.12.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
That's what SAIS is for in IR theory for natsec civilians. ROE gets a different standard.
02.12.2025 17:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
To the degree that declining birth rates among whom she classifies as the scions of American culture has been known for ages, this is a losing (culture war) battle. America, if anything, is about passing on ideals to successive generations no matter who or where they come from. Asgard is a people.
02.12.2025 17:03 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This administration canโt pretend it cares about anti-trust only when it helps allies.
If Netflix is too big to own Warner Bros, then so is Paramount/Skydance.
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Well, if by run he means the can walk on water miles out to sea, then his ROE is dictated by magical thinking and stupidity.
02.12.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
So the administration that claims to โsupport American workersโ is now threatening to shut down the places that train those workers?
Incredible. Itโs like they studied the supply chain and circled the exact spot that would cause the most chaos and said: โYes. Attack here.โโ
02.12.2025 02:03 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Got to see him live in 1986 when I was 15 do his quintessential performance as Mark Twain. Dad was stationed in HI so seeing it Honolulu added another dimension to the moment. His character in Designing Women was always a wry a watch.
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I think, in a naked calculus, Republicans who want to survive the 2026 mid-term, will be willing to have a senior responsible for this. It won't fly in MAGA or independent voter world to have some drone operator or F-18 pilot and NFO/WSO go down for this.
01.12.2025 22:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The courtroom version of this is going to be interesting:
Prosecutor (hopefully from another country whose citizens were killed): Did you order the second strike?!
Hegseth: You're damn right I ordered the second strike!
01.12.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I can't wait for Hegseth to walk back what part is "fake" news. Also, you don't have the troops' back by ordering them to do illegal things in an action that is not a lawful armed conflict. It is the opposite in fact. He's subjected them all to legal jeopardy.
01.12.2025 21:03 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
I can't wait for Hegseth to walk back what part is "fake" news. Also, you don't have the troops' back by ordering them to do illegal things in an action that is not a lawful armed conflict. It is the opposite in fact. He's subjected them all to legal jeopardy.
01.12.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
They beg to differ with her characterization of lawful combat ops.
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01.12.2025 20:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The degree to which a recording exists or command staff was present taking extemporaneous notes needs to be immediately subject to a Congressional subpeona by the HASC & SASC. These records need to be preserved immediately & someone with integrity in uniform needs to accept what's coming & confess.
01.12.2025 20:20 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
>a foreign government that has jurisdiction for it's citizens or a neutral tribunal which would be consistent with prosecuting these acts. They unlawfully used the military and bypassed Congress to do so. Missuse of power is not a "whoopsie" it is anti-Constitutional. They should take it all the way
01.12.2025 20:14 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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