24 March 2025

Headline of the Day

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

—Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic

It really is remarkable how completely incompetent these folks are.

If they were any stupider or more incompetent, they could have run Hillary Clinton's or Kamala Harris' Presidential campaigns.

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.

I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.

This is going to require some explaining.

Indeed it will require, "Some explaining."

Unfortunately, except for some snark about the emojis(!) used, Mr. Goldberg declines to go into as much detail as this incident really demands.

It is notable that JD Vance participated, and was primarily concerned with the optics of the situation, and not the real world consequences.  (What an oleaginous sh%$ stain) 

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