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Pete Hegseth said this. Out loud. And then put a transcript of what he said up on a site called war.gov

Traditional allies who care about long-standing internationally agreed upon rules of engagement are deemed to be wringing their hands and clutching their pearls

This is as clear a declaration of, "We are committed to committing war crimes and will continue to war crime and just try and stop us!" as I have ever heard

And I was alive during the Bush years

This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission: destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes. Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful, capable partners, as we've said since the beginning, capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force. America, regardless of what so-called international institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history. B-2s, fighters, drones, missiles, and of course classified effects. All on our terms with maximum authorities. No stupid rules of engagement, no nation-building quagmire, no democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives.
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Matt Blaze
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The other loud and clear message is that the US can no longer be trusted to engage in good faith negotiation or diplomacy. We apparently now reserve the right to attack anyone, at any time.

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Jeri Dansky
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For anyone who wants to read the whole disgusting thing:
war.gov/News/Transcripts/Trans…

#uspol #Iran #Hegseth

#iran #USPol #hegseth
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Francisca Sinn
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The rest of the world already knows the U.S. can't be trusted. It’s the majority of Americans (not anyone engaged enough to be on the fediverse, of course) who are only just now starting to learn that the world views the U.S. this way.
#RogueState #ThreatActor #ChaosActor

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Francisca Sinn

2026-01-07 02:08:06

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“The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement. I agreed with it entirely. So, it seemed to me, did most of the non-Americans.

… it was still being talked about the next day. “Thank God,” one allied official said to me. “Someone had to tell them.””

#MustRead #UN #NATO #Canada #Allies

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Text: America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill and trust among its allies, our American moderator was told. A rock-steady assumption of allied defence and security planning for literally generations has been that America would act in its own interests, sure, but that those interests would be rational, and would still generally value the institutions that America itself worked so hard to build after the Second World War. America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally. The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter. Because “we will never fucking trust you again.” The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement. I agreed with it entirely. So, it seemed to me, did most of the non-Americans. This wasn’t the only such moment at the forum this year, but it was, to me, the most interesting. And it was still being talked about the next day. “Thank God,” one allied official said to me. “Someone had to tell them.” If there’s one thing I think people should take from my visit to Halifax, it’s that. America’s former role is gone. And I think that Americans themselves are having the hardest time of all coming to terms with what that might actually mean in the long run.

Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'

Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
Matt Gurney (The Line)

#RogueState #Threatactor #chaosactor
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Mycotropic
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"We set the terms of this war, from start to finish."
Whiskey Pete, fucking loon

My question is; every one of these orders is illegal, Congress did not declare war on Iran so bombing them is following illegal orders. Is our entire military compromised at this point?

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@secid
Very much hope so to. Thank you for sharing your perspective from a vantage that has some experience with this.
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