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

#News #Iran #IranWar #DOD #Pentagon #Trump #Military #Hegseth #PeteHegseth

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

#News #Iran #IranWar #DOD #Pentagon #Trump #Military #Hegseth #PeteHegseth

"Here’s the inconvenient truth that American politicians and pundits choose to ignore: The most influential religious zealots driving the current conflict with Iran are not in Tehran. They’re in Washington."

~ Mehdi Hasan

#Trump #Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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https://zeteo.com/p/holy-war-against-iran-graham-hegseth-christian-nationalism

"Lindsey Graham yesterday: this is a religious war. My name is Lindsey Graham. I love women. No, I just disagree. What he actually said was, quote, 'This is a religious war and we will determine the course of the Middle East for a thousand years.'"

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/jews-and-muslims-want-no-part-of

"When church and state overlap, brutality follows, and justice bends with the whip. ...

Religious extremism has taken Iran back to the seventh century, yet somehow, even as Trump tries to topple Iran’s brutal theocracy, his Christian Nationalists can’t see that their own agenda leads to the same place."

Sabrina Haake

#Trump #Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/armageddon-is-gods-plan-in-iran

"Here’s the inconvenient truth that American politicians and pundits choose to ignore: The most influential religious zealots driving the current conflict with Iran are not in Tehran. They’re in Washington."

~ Mehdi Hasan

#Trump #Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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https://zeteo.com/p/holy-war-against-iran-graham-hegseth-christian-nationalism