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usagi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 hours ago

Pete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'

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Pete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'

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usagi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 hours ago
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Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have started inquiries into the "double tap" strikes, which critics have said could constitute a war crime.
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    Can someone explain to me why this second strike is such a big deal but the first isn’t?

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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      Because it’s illegal to shoot survivors of a ship you have sunk.

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    If the military aren’t going to think about the orders they’re given, maybe it’ll give them pause when the person giving them is clearly a coward who will blame those he ordered

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    Once you get to the information age and put enough research points in your tech tree to unlock satellite imagery, fog of war is cleared.

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    Last week he didn’t order the first strike.

    At the beginning of the week he didn’t order the second strike.

    Today he ordered the second strike but didn’t see any survivors.

    America is fucked. Any other timeline the FBI and MPs would be marching into the Pentagon and arresting him and everyone else involved for murder

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    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      Was gonna ask if War was a stout or IPA.

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    It’s not a LITERAL fog, you warthog-faced buffoon.

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    Is that when you’re not quite drunk enough to black out but you’re just browning out a little between lines?

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    Is he trying to claim he’s Alethi?

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      Don’t think he’s got the mental capacity or inclination to read that many words to even know who the Alethi are.

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    I don’t think it counts as “the fog of war” if there is no war.

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      Also no fog.

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      The fog of hangover?

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        The fog of tequila

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    Why would you scream about killing them all of you didn’t think anyone was still alive?

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      And why did you attack it again if you thought there was no one alive?

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        “They must be dead by now. Destroy what’s left of them.”

        ~ Pete Hegseth

        https://youtu.be/3RCYs0N5Wsc?t=58

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      Have you ever said something while drunk, and needed someone to remind you of what you said while drunk? Or have you ever played Mario Kart with another person?

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    Changing the story. Let him talk more.

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    Murderer.

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    As in every game, the fog of war is literally just not going to look

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    Did he try typing in Marco and Polo?

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