"...historical imagery over areas where US, NATO, & other allied & partner forces are actively operating, as well as over areas that are being actively targeted by adversaries,” Tomi Maxted, a #Vantor spox emailed."

"These decisions are not mandated by any govt, military organization, or third party.”

Well

And there you are: gave away the whole deal right there...

#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #BenjaminNetanyahu

I truly can’t believe the times we are living in. It’s so fucking surreal in the clown show kind of way.

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#IranWar #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.
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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.

The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.

^{Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)}