THE PENTAGON HAD been slowly dedicating more resources to killing fewer civilians in recent years, following a long drumbeat of damning investigations of civilian casualties by the press, nongovernmental organizations, government-supported think tanks, and even the U.S. military itself.
But now, under the control of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Department of Defense is reversing course.
The Intercept spoke with five current and former Defense Department officials familiar with its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response, or CHMR, efforts, who say that the Pentagon is in the process of eliminating or downsizing offices, programs, and positions focused on preventing civilian casualties during U.S. combat operations.
Because of course he does.
Every day the Trump administration is trying and succeeding to reach almost comical levels of evil. I always thought comic book villains were unrealistic in their sheer sadistic joy of seeing others suffer. How wrong I was.
jack kirby, a military forward scout during wwii, created a lot of the most iconic comic book villains. turns out he was just trying to communicate to us what he saw