Пересказ: Hegseth and Admiral Suspension

I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat, we knew exactly what they were doing, and we knew exactly who they represented. I watched that first strike live. As you can imagine at the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour and two hours, whatever, where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs. So I moved on to my next meeting. I did not personally see survivors, but I stand, because the thing was on fire. It was exploded, and fire, smoke, you can't see anything, you got digital. This is called The Fog of War. He, since then, posted a meme of a cartoon character called Franklin the Turtle, shooting a military weapon at people in a boat and saying, on top, this is something destined for children to read, for your Christmas wish list. "I think this is a twisted way of thinking. Let's make one thing clear," he tweeted. "Admiral Mitch Bradley," that's the admiral in charge, "is an American hero, a troop professional, and has my 100% support. stand behind him in the combat decisions he has made on the September 2 mission and all others since. America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this Department of War says we have the back of our warriors, we mean it." "Well, it sounds not like the fog of war, but the fog of fear. I think the fog of fear is closed in. There has to be an investigation. If the investigation turns up evidence that says, yes, he was explicitly told, this is the admiral explicitly told to do this, and the admiral unhesitatingly obeyed that order, then the admiral is guilty of a war crime, just as the Secretary of Defense is guilty of a war crime. There is no discussion at that point. We need, frankly, to suspend both of these men from active duty, pending an investigation, to be frank. Because if this is wrong, it has to stop immediately. It must not, under any circumstances, be repeated.