> “No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement,” - Hegseth

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> Hegseth and the commander in charge of the Iran operation, Adm. Brad Cooper, were questioned about the strike before Congress. Hegseth said the U.S. does not target civilians and would investigate

So the administration does not intentionally target civilians, they have just stopped caring about who a civilian is.

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andrepd 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well Israel has defined "combatant" as "male between 14 and 55", and the Western world more or less shrugged and moved on without missing a beat. I'm not optimistic.

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ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That, unfortunately, originates more from the US than Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-age_male

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YZF 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	ceejayoz 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The accepted answer here has a decent source: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/56556/does-the-... > fight in civilian clothing (Fake) physician, heal thyself. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-undercover-forces... > Article 4 applies to soldiers (that e.g. fight in uniform) Israel openly forbids the importation of uniforms. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/israel-seizes-la...

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noncoml 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not sure wtf “politically correct” in the context of rules of engagement even means.

What a fucking moron

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folkrav 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Politically correct for this type of ultra-religious zealot just means things they don't believe in. I don't believe he thinks of the children of muslims as real people. The guy is a fanatic who is, from his point of view, on a literal crusade for America.

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cogman10 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Instead of worrying about woke things like "is this person actually a combatant actively fighting" they want the much simpler rule of "everyone we kill was actually a terrorist that deserves to die".

Basically they stopped caring those woke UN rules about war crimes.

	▲	toyg a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Hey, it's worked for a certain allied country in the Middle East for decades at this point...