RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote:
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> "What a worm this woman is. It's amazing how
> little dignity she has," Richard Hanania remarked.
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> Worm in stool.
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> RUN
Worm in stool. Spit and run. Or spit twice and run.
Accepting, committed - and therefore karmically responsible for civilian casualties and the blame falls on her guru.
"Tulsi Gabbard, who warned of war with Iran, now defends Trump’s decision to attack – as it happened"
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"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has significantly reduced the Pentagon's ability to minimize civilian casualties through massive staff cuts, the elimination of specialized offices, and the loosening of the Rules of Engagement.
The main actions reducing these functions include:
90% Personnel Reduction: Hegseth drastically reduced the Civilian Casualty Mitigation (CHMR) staff from approximately 200 to fewer than 40.
Elimination of Specialized Offices:
Civilian Protection Center of Excellence: While technically ineligible for closure without congressional approval, this office has been stripped of its budget and mandate, leaving it largely on paper.
Central Command (CENTCOM): The Civilian Casualty Investigation Team has been reduced from 10 personnel to one.
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): The Civilian Casualty Office has been completely eliminated. Loosening the Rules of Engagement: Hegseth publicly described the existing rules limiting the risk to civilians as "stupid" and "politically correct." He introduced policies of "maximum operational freedom" and "maximum lethality," which experts say lowered standards for target verification.
Purging the Legal Advocates General (JAG): He dismissed the highest-ranking military lawyers (Judge Advocates General) in the Army and Air Force, whom Hegseth viewed as a bureaucratic impediment to effective warfare.
Ignoring Commander Warnings: Hegseth dismissed appeals from top military commanders, including Gen. Erik Kurilli (CENTCOM) and Gen. CQ Brown (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), who warned that these cuts would undermine U.S. operational effectiveness and credibility. ProPublica
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Critics and former officials link these changes to tragic incidents, such as the February 2026 attack on an elementary school in Iran, which killed more than 160 people, many of them children."