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THE PENTAGON HAD been slowly dedicating more resources to killing fewer civilians in recent years, following a long drumbeat of damning investigations of civilian casualties by the press, nongovernmental organizations, government-supported think tanks, and even the U.S. military itself.

But now, under the control of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Department of Defense is reversing course.

The Intercept spoke with five current and former Defense Department officials familiar with its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response, or CHMR, efforts, who say that the Pentagon is in the process of eliminating or downsizing offices, programs, and positions focused on preventing civilian casualties during U.S. combat operations.

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Kill more civilians, radicalize the survivors against you, generate more enemies, bomb new radicalized enemies, kill more civilians....

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's the Palestine Plan Reprise

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://ghostintheshell.fandom.com/wiki/Sustainable_War

Seeing real life mimicking fiction so fast is a bit disturbing. Although this series has always been creepily prescient.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because of course he does.

Every day the Trump administration is trying and succeeding to reach almost comical levels of evil. I always thought comic book villains were unrealistic in their sheer sadistic joy of seeing others suffer. How wrong I was.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

jack kirby, a military forward scout during wwii, created a lot of the most iconic comic book villains. turns out he was just trying to communicate to us what he saw

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So disappointed!

I had read the headline as meaning:

By cutting Defense Department programs, Hegseth will reduce civilian casualties.

But obviously I should have known, because GOP=fascist asshole.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

"Programs that reduce civilian casualties" would have been clearer language

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Well, Fat Ass did say that not only do you have to kill the terrorists, you need to kill their families.

And apparently their neighbors, local hospitals, their children, ect.....you know....like Russia does.

Collateral damage is out

Damage multipliers are in

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

These people are so gross.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's like every morning they browse through the menu of smart things to do without realising they have sorted the whole thing the wrong way around.

This couldn't possibly backfire!

-Some idiot, probably.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

So like hamas is a casualty of genocide….

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If children are not dying at the had of MAGAts they just will not be satisfied.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

The party of "pro-life"

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago

Don't pretend the US has ever tried to prevent civilian causalities what he is cutting is attempted window dressing to whitewash civilian causalities.