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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
(www.theatlantic.com)
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So you are telling me you could DEFINITELY have saved innocent lives in Yemen but chose not to because there could have "CONCEIVABLY" been harm done to US military personnel?
Oof. Death cult through and through.
As much as this entire clown show raises ethical questions, I don't think anyone would risk to be charged of treason (or "domestic terrorism", that seems to be popular right now) on the basis of a shady group chat.
At some point treason becomes a civil duty. Maybe not this point, but what im worried about is that nobody opposed to the Trump regime is willing to commit treason. Treason is only bad if the people in power are good. If the people in power are bad then treason is a necessity.
Tell me honestly if you were added to such a chat would you think it serious or some sort of military larp chat?
Then tell me you'd be able to contact the houthis in less than 2h much less being trusted about it or any sort of secretive about it?
I probably cant contact the relevant yemeni authorities privately but this guy probably could have. Also confirming a few phone numbers to rule out the larp idea is surely not impossible for a journalist of this level. To prepare for both of those he had 3 days btw not 2h.
Even if you didnt do it privately, you could just share the info anonymously with the public. That wouldnt prevent the strike because it would just be delayed but it would have still been a decent warning.
Basically anything is better than doing nothing, giving Trump a win and letting people die for political games.
Just publishing the messages about "bailing out europe" before the strike would have made trump look stupid. But instead this "journalist" played for the bigger scoop to make a name for himself while accomplishing nothing but some short term entertainment.