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Summary

The Atlantic has published unredacted attack plans (non-paywall link) shared in a Signal group chat of senior Trump officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and DNI Tulsi Gabbard.

Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg released the full texts after officials denied sharing war plans or classified information, arguing transparency was necessary amid accusations of dishonesty.

The leaked messages detailed U.S. military strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen.

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[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 73 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Jesus Christ, they're just so fucking stupid. This is the kind of thing that would see employees of a major corporation fired in an instant, but I just know that these careless chucklefucks are going to be in my news feed for a while yet, possibly another four years so long as they keep currying the favour of Trump. This shit is pathetic, the rest of the world is embarrassed on behalf of American citizens for having to deal with this incompetence.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You make a good point. These traitors want to privatize the entire government, but no private sector company would accept the sort of behavior that is SOP for these MAGA Morons. None of them would survive their probabtionary period. That's why they're all in MAGA government, where competency is irrelevant.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can confirm. Even war is a farce now. Imagine how the bombed people must feel.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Le epic troll of killing a bunch of people

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

You'd imagine some masterplan and its just... Them.

well, we might as well bomb them, what do you guys think? Idiots controlling a immensely powerful military. It's disappointing.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago

They don't feel anything, because they're fucking dead. Trump's lackies' opsec changes nothing about these people being dead.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Why only four years? What happens after then?

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

HitlerPig makes history with a third term.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Presumably, another candidate is elected to office. If not, it's a coup, and he continues as "President For Life" like other dictators.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bold of you to assume there will be more elections

[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Oh, there will be “elections”, just like how Russia has “elections”.

Hope springs eternal, and all that.