The latest scandal from the “losers with aircraft carriers” currently running our federal government is that they made a big group chat to share war plans, on a consumer chat app, and they accidentally added a journalist. Classic buffoonery from a group of people for whom hypocrisy is a fun way to show dominance. But for me, the most ghoulish detail from the text messages themselves is a casual reference to the open secret that the U.S. military now routinely carries out single-target assassinations even when civilian bystanders are guaranteed to die en masse. Here’s the passage that got me:
[National Security Advisor] MICHAEL WALTZ
The first target – their top missile guy – we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.
[Vice President] JD VANCE Excellent
[CIA Director] JOHN RATCLIFFE
A good start
MICHAEL WALTZ
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Nice emojis, bro. I hope no one you love ever makes the mistake of having a military leader’s girlfriend for a neighbor.
