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Questions & Help Mar 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM

Hegseth says US military has designated officer to complete probe on Iran school strike

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https://www.reuters.com/world/hegseth-says-us-military-has-designated-officer-complete-probe-iran-school-2026-03-13/

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2HDFloppyDisk Mar 13, 2026 +665
Aka fall guy when the story doesn’t go the way they want it to
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ernapfz Mar 13, 2026 +100
also a drinking buddy
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atlasraven Mar 13, 2026 +15
Kegsbreath_bottoms_up.gif
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gruey Mar 13, 2026 +4
Who they haven't told yet that he's been designated as the guy to do the probe.
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Anonymous203203 Mar 13, 2026 +50
I mean since the dude unilaterally initiated the war I'd say the culprit is pretty obvious. I wouldn't complain if Kegsbreath took the fall though. Keep the momentum of his shitty cabinet dropping like flies
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Aliensinmypants Mar 13, 2026 +22
Trump's first term had unprecedented amounts of turnover so I'm not sure why that would matter
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EmergencyCucumber905 Mar 13, 2026 +14
Trump will always turn on people when they're no longer useful to him. Always.
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Toomanyeastereggs Mar 13, 2026 +8
Trump will not be firing anyone this term. The only thing he will do is shuffle them sideways into BS roles.
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77NorthCambridge Mar 13, 2026 +8
Many of his initial Cabinet members in his first term were actually qualified and not sycophants.
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johnn48 Mar 14, 2026 +2
Actually now he’s decided to go in a different direction. They’re not qualified in their area of responsibility, however now they’re better talking heads, more media savvy. Petey boy is a perfect example, we’re laser focused, not like other admins. We’re not allowing mission creep, of course not since they haven’t determined the mission and its strategic objectives.
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77NorthCambridge Mar 14, 2026 +1
Bessent? Patel? Bondi?
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johnn48 Mar 14, 2026 +1
Well you got me there!🤷🏽
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DarthBrooks69420 Mar 13, 2026 +11
None of the flip flop conservatives who screamed 'no new wars!' who immediately did an about face and are now screaming 'you want Iran to destroy America we have to do this!!' give a rats ass. Honestly they're all seething because they could not care less over 100 children were slaughtered or over 1000 civilians have been killed.  I mean shit I think fully 1/2 of democrats in congress don't give a shit either, they're probably ecstatic Trump is doing Israel's bidding and they can just keep their head down and act like this isn't something they've wanted to do for decades. 
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Dry-Amphibian1 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Believe he is referring to the 'designated officer'.
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dafunkmunk Mar 13, 2026 +16
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say their fall guy will be Biden or if they're really feeling crazy, Obama
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apearlj1234 Mar 13, 2026 +4
Bill Clinton’s fault. Has to be
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temujin94 Mar 13, 2026 +7
Maybe they'll outsource it out to AI like they did with the strikes.
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out_lined Mar 13, 2026 +6
it's the person investigating it. They aren't even in the same major command.
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aaronhayes26 Mar 13, 2026 +5
***The buck stops at that 2nd Lt!***
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clintgreasewoood Mar 13, 2026 +4
Just to stall any findings until after the midterms at a minimum but likely not until the last weeks of Trump presidency. Going by reports from the past week looks they will blame it on A.I. but more specifically Anthropic since they are now out of favor of the administration
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Xijit Mar 13, 2026 +2
It will be someone who is on Terminal Leave after being forced into early retirement, they won't tell them that they were appointed, and then they will downgrade their separation into "Other Than Honorable" because they didn't complete the report.
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XDFighter64 Mar 13, 2026 +2
The fall guy's fall guy, they're all fall guys for Trump and his buddies who made Project 2025 The orange supreme leader is never at fault, only his DEI hires that are his cabinet Noem and Hegseth will be cut off when it looks bad for Trump and Republicans When they claim they're the most transparent administration it actually seems true in regards to them being so f****** predictable with what they actually mean and want
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SpeshellED Mar 14, 2026 +2
These people are incredible pinheads . Surely no one believes their bullshit any longer.
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ActivityPresent138 Mar 13, 2026 +1
The fall guy is AI just like Israel did
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supercyberlurker Mar 13, 2026 +148
So in six months, when the preliminary cover page of the report comes out.. that will be immediately buried from congressional and public view like the other reports.
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Falin_Whalen Mar 13, 2026 +52
We've investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 13, 2026 +13
Day 13 of Hegseths near two week Priapism, is being referred to by Trump as "A heightened sense of arousal brought on by a sense of duty & willingness to kill" .. Doctors earlier shook their heads & discussed having it lanced for medical reasons. Hegseth was unavailable for comment ..
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buzzsawjoe Mar 13, 2026 +1
A priapismectomy would indubitably exert a beneficial effect on the human genome
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77NorthCambridge Mar 13, 2026 +1
Like Bill Barr.
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silveira Mar 13, 2026 +54
Let me put this way. 1968 My Lai massacre. Who investigated and covered it? Colin Powell, who would be decorated and ultimately become Secretary of State. Hugh Thompson Jr, who did the right thing, was condemned and ostracized.
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Just_the_nicest_guy Mar 13, 2026 +157
They're going to blame Joe Biden, just like they do with everything else.
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Coherent_Tangent Mar 13, 2026 +93
Joe Biden’s autopen circled that school on the map in sharpie saying it was a nuclear facility. They found a copy on Hunter’s laptop.
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ry-yo Mar 13, 2026 +23
that was e-mailed by Hillary
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Cohens4thClient Mar 13, 2026 +10
she pressed the send button with Hunter's enormous schlong
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77NorthCambridge Mar 13, 2026 +6
In Benghazi.
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pchlster Mar 13, 2026 +4
Was hidden by the buttery males, no doubt, as part of Obama's plan to institute Shania Law.
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MechaD13579 Mar 13, 2026 +16
Yep. Joe Biden, who was the mastermind who rigged the election in 2020, he was able to hack the missile. But, because he is Sleepy Joe, he feel asleep at the controls and it hit the girls school. And they could say all this BS and the unfortunate truth is a bunch of people would believe them.
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Turbulent-Tone-1867 Mar 13, 2026 +15
“Joe Biden should’ve updated the targets”
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 13, 2026 +4
Your only giving Trump ideas now lol Wait to see Donald in front of the cameras tomorrow trot out that line, :)
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throwaway0845reddit Mar 13, 2026 +3
DEI initiatives from joe Biden poisoned the DEI biased Claude AI context to also target women since they are equal .
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Kcboom1 Mar 13, 2026 +3
Benghazi and Obama are not off the table
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wookiewin Mar 13, 2026 +3
Vance was still blaming Biden for the high gas prices today
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pcurve Mar 13, 2026 +2
Joe pushed the button 100%.
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thebob8434 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Why would Obama authorize such a strike 
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SilverAgedSentiel Mar 13, 2026 +26
"I need you to find what the president has said."
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Hrekires Mar 13, 2026 +26
They should look into the guy who shut down the offices focused on lowering civilian casualties, seems like a bad dude.
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robustofilth Mar 13, 2026 +18
We all know it was an American missile.
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Wulflam Mar 13, 2026 +15
Nothing to be probed. Just live up to having killed 160+ school children. I don't know how you can ever justify this to yourself. I would vomit if I looked into a mirror, and I don't even want to start with the Christian faith you have tattooed on your body. Your actions couldn't be farther away from our words. But I guess you will feel just fine.
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butwhyisitso Mar 13, 2026 +9
ok, finally a comment mentioning the obvious. A f****** crusader gang tattoo on an avowed christian nationalist who WAS IN CHARGE at the time. its terrifying to live here now. So many bad actors exploiting a bad situation and our information distribution system is bought af. All so guys that raped and killed little girls can get away with it and blow up more little girls. Its wretched. I honestly have never felt this disturbed.
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DeathSpiral321 Mar 13, 2026 +12
Yeah, and it'll get thrown in the same shred pile as the Renee Good and Alex Pretti investigations.
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Jenetyk Mar 13, 2026 +10
Meanwhile, watch this supercut of HD videos of every other strike we have done in Iran. We just didn't film that one; promise.
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Boise_is_full Mar 13, 2026 +8
Seriously, how hard can this be? We know what was launched, where it was targeted, where it landed and at what time it happened.
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AlmightyRobert Mar 13, 2026 +4
Back in Gulf War II all the smart bombs apparently had dinky camera in them so they could play the video of just how accurate they were on the news.
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 13, 2026 +6
Yea they discovered that wasnt that smart after all. I mean you wouldnt film yourself holding up a bank ..
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geekworking Mar 13, 2026 +1
They have video. One of the guidance systems in the Tomahawk is a video system that follows a pre-recorded video of the flight path. I remember from GWII interviews where they said that they programmed a missile to follow the highway to get to the target.
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buzzsawjoe Mar 13, 2026 +1
They were launched from aircraft, the guy in the rear seat could steer the bomb using the video feed. I'm all for busting dirty ppl but it should be honest. The reason wasn't so they could play the vid on the news.
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Dry-Amphibian1 Mar 13, 2026 +4
They are trying to figure out why they were using 15 year old intelligence and who to blame for it.
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Stavvystav Mar 13, 2026 +13
I thought no one could take or post unflattering pictures of this guy? He looks like GARBAGE here.
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Randalor Mar 13, 2026 +10
Show me a time when he doesn't look like garbage.
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Stavvystav Mar 13, 2026 +5
Impossible. Man is putrid inside and out.
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GetsBetterAfterAFew Mar 13, 2026 +4
Its what hate and alcoholism does for you lol
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GB715 Mar 13, 2026 +3
Had to scroll too far for this
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Mrjlawrence Mar 13, 2026 +3
You can put lipstick on a pick something something
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LateMajor8775 Mar 14, 2026 +6
Stop wasting tax dollars on this probe and take accountability for your actions. We all know you did it a******
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[deleted] Mar 13, 2026 +4
Turns out, other humans ordered the strike 
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badwolf42 Mar 13, 2026 +6
Is this like when Isaac Newton created a “panel” to investigate who really invented calculus first, and the “panel” found that he invented it; but the only panel member was Isaac Newton?
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whupzzmyb Mar 13, 2026 +5
Trump bombs school. Coverup failed. Fall guy designated. Evil wins again. Happy 2026 yall
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kbell58 Mar 13, 2026 +6
The US released every 911 terrorist’s name and picture by noon that day. It is BS that Kegbreath and team are still ‘investigating’ who bombed the Iranian school. The world knows we did it. Apologize already. Time will not make us forget.
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Varorson Mar 13, 2026 +4
"We have investigated ourselves and deemed we committed no war crime." - Hegseth, basically.
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PennDA Mar 13, 2026 +1
This is pretty much exactly what will come out of the “investigation.”
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Fragster2020 Mar 13, 2026 +3
They'll just blame this on the Biden administration....openly and blatantly.
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Blubbolo Mar 13, 2026 +3
What's there to complete? It was a tomahawk, you did it.
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soraksan123 Mar 14, 2026 +3
The cover-up begins. why not be an adult and admit you made a mistake?
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SnarkyPuppy-0417 Mar 14, 2026 +3
Pretty simple you bombed the school with a tomahawk missile. Investigation complete.
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TheDuckFarm Mar 14, 2026 +3
We gonna investigate ourselves, be back later.
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SimonPho3nix Mar 14, 2026 +3
🤣🤣🤣 The ol' "We've investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong" play. How we love to see it.
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Shadowthron8 Mar 14, 2026 +3
The missile was tracked form launch to strike. The only investigation we need is who designated the target and who signed off on it.
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Dry-Lie-9593 Mar 13, 2026 +4
Donald Trump is a bad guy.
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sexisdivine Mar 13, 2026 +2
“We’ve investigated ourselves and have found nothing wrong.” 
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jchowdown Mar 13, 2026 +2
I'm sure it's someone with respect and experience, so I'm guessing it's Lauren Boebert.
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aluke000 Mar 13, 2026 +2
Hegseth: "Terrorist Renee Good planned it all and was heroically killed by a brave ICE agent as she tried to viciously murder him, but not soon enough to prevent her from planting bombs under the girls school in Iran. The ICE agent will receive the Medal of Honor for his vigilance in protecting America from criminals, terrorists and liberals" /s
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NorthernSlyGuy Mar 13, 2026 +2
I say this every single time but this Trump administration is constantly able to get away with everything with very little pushback. Imagine if Biden or Obama decided to bomb Iran with zero congressional approval and then bombed a school? It would 24/7 non stop news story. It's disturbingly fascinating how the media now doesn't seem to care all that much anymore. They rarely ever push back on anything.
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IcyExtent3740 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Zu sowas sagt man einheitspresse. Mittlerweile so wie russia today
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Dunnowhathatis Mar 14, 2026 +2
Nothing sexbreth says you can take for certain.
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BrownWrinkles Mar 14, 2026 +2
Boy, that surely will make everything better. It's somehow Biden's fault, right?
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Outis918 Mar 14, 2026 +2
‘We investigated ourselves and blame the ai but not enjoy to stop its deployment’
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johnnycyberpunk Mar 14, 2026 +2
The investigation won’t be whether or not the US did it (we did) or why it happened (incompetence or cruelty). It’ll be “How much evidence of it being a US strike exists and how can we destroy or hide that evidence”
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NewToHTX Mar 13, 2026 +2
Top Investigator Hete Pegseth is on the case.
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buzzsawjoe Mar 13, 2026 +2
Y'know, I can understand these guys like to blow stuff up. Big booms, lots of fire & smoke. I just wish these idiots could do it in a designated target range. It's no fun when your baby daughter is killed by some fools.
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gbsutton Mar 13, 2026 +2
I’m not understanding the confusion here, world news was reporting this school being hit pretty much right away. How is there any ambiguity if it was from the initial strike or not?
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MelloDawg Mar 13, 2026 +6
There isn’t, but he’s going to create some.
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msr42day Mar 13, 2026 +1
Gee, what used to be 'business as usual'. What kind of informed professional would investigate this? Maybe, given the low trust factor admin47 is developing, perhaps a group of military officers from NATO should investigate.
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jimwcoleman Mar 13, 2026 +1
Oh we know how that will go. :(
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No-Condition965 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Yes was the Officers name Sam Bondi ?
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Bigking00 Mar 13, 2026 +1
My guess is that they will find that Joe Biden was responsible.
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NachHymnen Mar 13, 2026 +1
Jack Daniel's is the name of the air force officer appointed for this case. A true hero
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O-parker Mar 13, 2026 +1
Yeah boy …that sounds legit
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CORI_Scarecrow Mar 13, 2026 +1
"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing."
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VMICoastie Mar 13, 2026 +1
Let me guess, his name is going to be Commander John Barron.
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extrudedErection Mar 13, 2026 +1
Coulda just asked a skilled imagery analyst.
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zeuseason Mar 13, 2026 +1
His name is Carl Allen and he may need a release.
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ibraw Mar 13, 2026 +1
They're going to investigate their own war crimes
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Error_404_403 Mar 13, 2026 +1
I can tell you the probe's result: Oups...
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Sedert1882 Mar 13, 2026 +1
"general officer" so it's someone with no authority/experience, without significance and who's easily bribed/coerced into giving a favourable outcome.
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johnfogogin Mar 14, 2026 +1
I heard one thing saying it was a school for kids of IRGC officers.
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okachobii Mar 16, 2026 +1
They don't need that, he approved the strike and there will be an easy to access record of it.
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Slipslapsloopslung Mar 16, 2026 +1
Uh yeah.. we asked Fox KNews and they got a guy.
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flirtmcdudes Mar 13, 2026 +1
there’s literally no other explanation at this point besides they fucked up, but uh, cool I guess
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MrSquicky Mar 13, 2026 +7
I don't get why people keep saying this. Hegseth had his cringy little poem promising to commit war crimes and said that there wouldn't be rules of engagement (which are stupid). They proudly said they'd do war crimes and then when they do war crimes, people are saying "Well, it must have been an accident that they did the thing that they said they were going to do."
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flirtmcdudes Mar 13, 2026 +2
the US has done plenty of questionable things, but they’re clearly not going to bomb a school of children on purpose because it makes their war lose support straight out the gates, when it already didn’t have support. It’s just incompetence and idiots being in charge
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MrSquicky Mar 13, 2026 +6
This is not just any school. It was connected to a major military base and many of the military personnel's children went there. Again, the Defense Secretary openly bragged that they were going to commit war crimes. Trump has said that he wants to kill the family members of people who oppose him. We're currently actively murdering civilians in little boats from Venezuela. And we're seemingly the junior partner in a war dictated by Israel, who doesn't have a problem with murdering civilians. Yes, it's both incredibly stupid and immoral to do this. That's who these people are. It's possible that this was a mistake, but I think it is crazy to d******* the possibility that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth intentionally decided to blow up the school of the children of Iranian military members.
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flirtmcdudes Mar 13, 2026 +1
Yeah, it was incompetence. It USED to be a base and they went off outdated intelligence
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MrSquicky Mar 13, 2026 +6
Or the people who said that they were going to commit war crimes and who said they want to kill the families of people who opposed them knew it was a school and thought that they could commit war crimes by killing the family members of people who oppose them, possibly thinking that they could sell it as a mistake and people would just accept that. I'm not saying that that is what happened, but with these people, it is crazy to say that they wouldn't do that. "Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth would never intentionally bomb a school." That's a ridiculous thing to say, isn't it? Of course they would.
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flirtmcdudes Mar 13, 2026 -1
you’re just making things up with very flimsy logic to back it up. So yeah, sure… or they could have struck it because Epstein was hiding out there.
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MrSquicky Mar 13, 2026 +5
What am I making up? As far as I know, everything I claimed as fact is easily backed up and I do not actually believe that we disagree about the facts at all. Trump and Hegseth did make those remarks. The school did have a lot of military family members at it. We are murdering civilians in boats from Venezuela. Do you dispute any of those facts? As far as I can tell, this hinges on you thinking that it is impossible that Trump and Hegseth would do the the things that they openly said they were going to/want to do and intentionally bomb a school. Again, I'm not saying that that definitely happened, but I am saying that it is well within the intellectual and moral character of these two to do that and it would be in keeping with horrible things that said publicly. Why do you think that it isn't?
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buzzsawjoe Mar 13, 2026 +1
I remember Bill Clinton, between coke snorts, selecting a target. A pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Africa. CIA had taken a sample of the dirt *near it* and found explosives precursors (also used to make certain meds.) An American cruise missile blew the hell out of it, it was raining little pills for a week. In that case, it was outside work hours and the plant was (mostly) empty.
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beren0073 Mar 13, 2026 +1
It’s that, but it’s also that they just don’t care if they hit a school full of kids. Frankly they could do it intentionally and MAGA would still support him and the war.
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andy_money3614 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Report concluded…. It was Joe Biden’s fault /s
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imanchats Mar 13, 2026 +1
The person investigating will be Hegseth’s drinking buddy.
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4RCH43ON Mar 13, 2026 +1
He passed the buck because he certainly doesn’t care.
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HeatWaveToTheCrowd Mar 13, 2026 +1
Apparently they're not sticking with the lie Iran bombed the school themselves with a US missile.
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WYLFriesWthat Mar 13, 2026 +1
Breaking: Probe Concludes that putting an alcoholic manchild TV host in charge of the world‘s most powerful military is getting a lot of innocent people killed.
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_Schrodingers_Gat_ Mar 13, 2026 +1
wow... only took a week and some public outcry to get them to start an instigation into their own actions.... I'm sure they will find nothing wrong, or just blame AI
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Hot-Bit727 Mar 13, 2026 +1
It’s Big Balls, isn’t it?
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mist_kaefer Mar 13, 2026 +1
Report will look like this: >!The excursion was Biden’s!< fault >!Barrack Hussein Obama!< started >! it !< >!Bill Clinton had relations !< with >!his aide!< >!Nobody lies as much as !< Trump.
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raerae1991 Mar 13, 2026 +1
Is this an experienced and seasoned officer who will actually do the job of investigating or is this a puppet?
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kitkatkorgi Mar 13, 2026 +1
One of the DOGE idiots?
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Hothacon Mar 13, 2026 +1
Pete Hegseth is the result if Henry Kissinger/Donald Rumsfeld somehow made a baby
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mymikerowecrow Mar 13, 2026 -1
Why do they need a probe? They already know Biden bombed the school.
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Coppercanyon84 Mar 13, 2026
Cool now release the trump-Epstein pedo files and prosecute.
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nuke_em_danno Mar 13, 2026
Is it Sargent Stacey Koon?
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Particular_Ticket_20 Mar 13, 2026
Its Major David Dennison.
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peskywombats Mar 13, 2026
Let's get this wrapped up now: "We DIDnt DO iT."
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MonsteraBigTits Mar 13, 2026
and why the flying rats ass would anyone believe anything out of these incompetent morons?
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Prestigious-Newt-110 Mar 13, 2026
We have investigated ourselves and found ourselves involved in no wrong doing.
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Acrobatic_Club2382 Mar 13, 2026
In other words, he hired someone to “investigate” and say they didn’t do it
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PaulClarkLoadletter Mar 13, 2026
“We’ve completed and investigation of ourselves and have determined that we did nothing wrong and that somebody else did it. The case is now closed. We are exonerated.”
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middlechildanonymous Mar 13, 2026
Officer McCoversup, welcome.
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Mac62961 Mar 13, 2026
Ya make the situation worse by bullshitting and dragging it out. But the Trump/Roy Cohn school of deny deny deny is what they push
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Simple_Expression604 Mar 13, 2026
we have investigated ourselves and found unequivocally no wrong doing. basically.
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firefighter26s Mar 13, 2026
Appointing one of their own to investigate something they did? I won't be surprised when the report says they did nothing wrong and/or blames someone else. I'd rather see a third party investigate it. Maybe ICC (International Criminal Court) could appoint a ***Commission***, lets say based out of the city of ***Nuremburg***, to investigate it?
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bernietheweasel Mar 13, 2026
Too bad Lt Calley died in 2024. He could have assisted with the investigation
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Morall_tach Mar 13, 2026
Where's the hot dog gif
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DoomOne Mar 13, 2026
"And that is Officer *checks bottle label* James Beam."
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wolfhound27 Mar 13, 2026
This guy is getting fired
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NoMoreAtPresent Mar 13, 2026
They’ll have Jared or don look into it
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Boring-Research410 Mar 13, 2026
Obviously.this is horrible tragedy and never should have happened. But now that it has....whats next? Someone gets fired? They murdered a few hundred literal.school.girls inside a school.building...theres no.amount.of apologizing or terminations thay can rectify that.
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